So, here is the expanded chapter two, it contains the original chapter three, and new content, hope you enjoy

Sunnydale Park

7:00 PM

Xander and Alena were walking through the park just as the sun was beginning to set while Xander asked his companion various questions about Dragoons.

"How did I know how to use that sword so well if I've rarely ever used one before?" Xander asked as the two reached the edge of the park.

"That is your weapon in your Dragoon form so you will instantly have mastered it the first time you transform," The Asian woman explained.

"Ah, that explains it," Xander responded as the two began to walk down the street

"So now that I'm a dragoon can I expect any demons to come hunting for me?" Xander asked.

"Yes, but you don't have to worry, I don't intend to leave until your fully trained and can look after yourself," Alena responded with a grin.

"Thanks," Xander said back. "So what know?" the young man asked.

"Well, I don't know about you, but enjoy unwinding after a workout, any decent places to hand out around here?" Alena asked her companion

"The Bronze is pretty much the only place around here to do that," Xander replied.

"What is the Bronze?"

"It's pretty much the only nightclub in the area, it's a major hangout place for the high school and college kids," Xander explained.

"Well, that doesn't sound so bad, lead on," Alena said as Xander led her down a street that would take them to the club.


The Bronze

7:30 PM

Xander and Alena made their way through the crowded club over to one of the few empty tables near the back.

"This place isn't too bad," Alena said as she and Xander sat down.

"I like to think so," Xander said back with a grin.

"Glad to hear it, now lets dance," Alena laughed back as she stood up and grabbed Xander's hand.

"Alright, but just too warn you, I dance badly," Xander responded as he allowed the Asian woman to drag him out onto the dance floor just as a slow song was starting.

Alena then wrapped her arms around Xander's neck as Xander put his hands on her hips as they gently swayed to the music.

"Your not so bad," Alena said with a smile as the pair continued to dance.

As the two Dragoons danced to the soft music Xander was unaware of Buffy and Willow entering the club with Tara and Riley.

"Buffy, is that Xander?" Willow asked as she pointed to the couple on the dance floor.

"Yeah it is, but who's he dancing with?" Buffy asked as the group of four sat down at a table.

"What does it matter, he looks happy," Tara said looking at the couple.

"It matters because he is dancing with a girl we don't know," Willow responded as she sent an glare at the unknown woman.

"So, he's dancing with a girl you don't know, what's the big deal?" Riley asked confused as he looked between Buffy and Willow.

"Because she could be a demon," Buffy responded while looking at the couple.

"What are the chances she's a demon?" Riley asked.

"With Xander, very high," Willow responded.

"What do you mean?" Tara asked, just as confused as Riley

Meanwhile Xander and Alena were still dancing when he noticed that Buffy and Willow were looking at him and Alena while talking to Tara and Riley, most likely about how his dance partner was a demon in disguise.

"Ah crap," Xander said under his breath.

"What, I didn't think dancing with me was that bad," Alena said with a smile as she and Xander broke apart..

"It's not that, over there," Xander said, nodding in the direction of Buffy and Willow.

"So, two girls are staring at us, what's the big deal?" Alena asked.

"Those are two friends of mine that I am really pissed at, and most likely think that your a demon," Xander replied.

"What do you mean?" Alena asked in confusion. "Why would they think I was a demon?"

"Long story, I'll tell you later," Xander responded.

"Well, you wanna leave?" Alena asked.

"That would probably be a good idea," Xander said as they left the dance floor and made their way towards the exit.

Buffy and Willow seeing this became quickly pissed off.

"Why is leaving?" Willow asked, her anger growing.

"What's so bad about him leaving?" Tara asked still confused. She could not understand why her girlfriend was so angry about Xander dancing with a girl, and she especially couldn't understand why she and Buffy accused her of being a demon. She may not have known Xander as long as the other two girls, but in the little time she had known him she had come to realize that he was a kind, funny person, and couldn't understand why a girl wouldn't want to dance with him.

"Because he didn't come over too talk to us," Buffy answered, her anger growing as well.

"Well they may have something too do with the fact that your trying to exclude him," Riley pointed out to the slayer.

"I bet she's a vamp," Buffy said, completing ignoring her boyfriend's comment as she grabbed her coat and went after Xander with Willow right behind her.

Riley in turn looked at Tara. "This won't end well," The solider said and the two quickly followed their dates out into the night.

Outside of the club Xander and Alena, hoping to get away before Buffy and Willow decided to follow them, were heading for home when suddenly they were surrounded by a group of vampires that appeared from the shadows around them.

"Well boys looks like we got lucky," The head vamp said as he and the rest of the vampires eyed Alena, who in turn looked at them in disgust.

"This is bad," Xander said, counting the vampires and saw that there were ten and already not liking their odds.

"Why?" Alena asked with an annoyed expression on her face as she too surveyed the scene around them..

"Well, there are ten of them and only two of us," Xander replied getting worried.

"Xander, have you already forgotten what you are?" Alena said with a small smile as globe of darkness then surrounded then surrounded her. When it disappeared she was in her Dragoon form.

"Oh yeah," Xander said with a stupid grin on his face as he concentrated on the power of the stone that was in his pocket and soon he was surrounded by light. When the light died away Xander was in his Dragoon form as well, his gleaming sword held ready.

The vampires after seeing their prey change began to get worried and before they could react the two Dragoons flew forward and made short work of the ten undead.

"Well that was easy," Xander said as he landed on the ground, followed by Alena.

Before Alena could responded a shout caused both of them to turn and see Buffy and Willow staring in shock at the two dragoons with Riley and Tara coming around the corner.

"Xander what the hell happened to you?" Buffy yelled, quickly getting over her shock.

"Aw crap," Xander muttered under his breath as a bright flash came from his armor and wings, when it faded he was back in his human form.

"This is bad I take it?" Alena asked from beside him as she too reverted to her human form.

"Yup," Xander simply responded with a sigh.

"We should probably talk to them," Alena stated as she turned to face the four people behind them.

"Yeah I guess," Xander replied as he too turned around to face the group. "Hey Buffy, how ya doing?" Xander asked the blond slayer in a casual tone.

"What the hell happened to you?" Buffy repeated with more force in her voice.

"I changed," Xander replied with a grin that earned a small laugh from Alena.

"Xander," Buffy warned forceful tone.

"It's a long story," Xander said to the group.

"We've got time," Buffy shot back.

"Alright, lets go back inside and I will explain." Xander said as he and Alena walked toward the doors of the club, the rest of the group close behind.

"So what are you?" Riley asked as the group all sat down at the table that Xander and Alena had sat at earlier.

"We are Dragoons," Alena responded before Xander could.

"You're members of a European military unit trained and armed to fight mounted or on foot?" Willow asked with confusion in her voice as she looked at her best friend.

"No Willow, we are humans who can draw upon the power of dragons," Xander explained with a sigh.

"How?" Tara asked, very interested in this sudden development. She could remember reading about such people in her mother's books when she was young, she just never thought that she would ever meet one in real life.

"With these," Alena said as she pulled her spirit stone out of her pocket and showed it to the group.

"Neat," Willow said as she saw the glowing stone.

"So these things allow you to draw upon the power of dragons?" Tara asked as she gazed at the Dragoon Spirit.

"Pretty much," Xander responded as Alena put the stone back into her pocket.

"That's great, now you can patrol with us again," Buffy said with excitement over the prospect of having such a powerful force on her side.

"I don't think so Buff," Xander said to the slayer.

"Why not, now that you have your little stone thingy we don't need to worry about you getting hurt," Buffy said back confused as to why her friend wasn't jumping at the chance to work for her again in the demon slaying department.

"Buffy it's great that you are worried about me getting hurt, it shows that you are my friend, but with the way you tried to push me out just because I didn't have a power really hurt," Xander explained.

"What are you saying?" Willow asked, just as confused as Buffy.

"What I am saying is that I am still really pissed off with you two so I see now reason as to why I should work with you unless there is a major baddie to take out," Xander responded. "Now if you will excuse me, my friend and I were leaving before the suck heads stopped us," Xander continued as he and Alena stood up and left the table.

"That probably could have gone better," Riley said to the table, which earned him a hit on the back of his head from a pissed of Buffy.


"So, are you friends always like that?" Alena asked as she and Xander walked the darkened streets of Sunnydale.

"Pretty much," Xander replied with a sigh as he once again kicked a small rock down the street.

The rest of the walk was in silence and soon the two were arriving at the door to Xander's basement. "So, night then," Xander said to his friend as he unlocked the door.

"Night," Alena replied as she turned and walked off into the darkness.

Xander quickly entered his basement and locked the door behind him. Moving over to his bed he sat down and pulled his Dragoon Spirit out of his pocket and stared intently at it. "Why did you choose me?" Xander asked the stone, almost hoping that it would answer back, all it did was begin to glow a soothing silver color.

Putting the glowing stone down on the small table beside his bed he began to dig around in his basement, hoping to find a chain of some sort he could attach the stone to so he wouldn't have to risk it falling out of his pocket and becoming lost. After ten minutes of searching he was able to find a small chain that fit around his neck, and shortly after that was able to affix the stone to the chain with little trouble.

"Well, this should do," Xander sighed to himself as he put the chain down next to his bed and then slowly drifted off to sleep.


Early the next morning Xander was abruptly awoken by a loud banging on his door, grumbling about people not letting him sleep he climbed out of bed and headed for the door all the while the banging continuing.

"Hold on, I'm coming!" Xander yelled as he reached the door. Opening the door he was surprised to see Buffy standing on the other side, who promptly walked through the opened door and into his basement. "C'mon in," he muttered sarcastically as he closed the door. "What's up Buff?" Xander asked as he walked back over to his bed and picked up his Dragoon Spirit.

The blond chosen one let out an audibly sigh before turning to face her friend. "I wanted to say, that I am sorry for how I treated you," Buffy said, as she looked her friend in the eye.

"Wow, didn't expect that to happen," Xander said as he put the chain around his neck.

"Yeah well, after you left the Bronze last night, we all headed over the Giles' and he proceeded to chew me and Willow out for what we did," Buffy replied as she sat down on his bed.

"Well, it means alot that your willing to do that," Xander told her as he sat in a chair across from her.

Buffy looked down at her feet for a minute as she pushed around the carpet with her boot. "So, are we good again?" she asked as she raised her eyes to meet her friends.

The young man across from let out a sigh as he raked his fingers through his hair. "Not yet, but we will be," he said to his friend.

Buffy did her best to hide her disappointment, but she knew that it was her fault that this had happened and was willing to accept that. "That's good to know," she said as she stood up and headed for the door. "So, I'll see you later?" she asked as opened the door.

"You betcha," Xander replied with a smile.

Buffy smiled back and waved goodbye to her friend as she walked out the door. Once the door had closed Xander stood up and grabbed some clean clothes out of his drawer and head for the shower, happy that his friend had seen that she was wrong and apologized for it. "This is gonna be a good day," he said as he climbed into the shower.

End Chapter 2

I know that this one wasn't all that long, but it's starting to get kinda late, and I have a final tomorrow so I am posting it and calling it a night Please R+R