To Wentzie72, ShouldBeInHollyWood and Eternalgorithim: THANK U! u guys r so sweet. I will not stop ritin Rome so no worries. I wasn't feelin very well and was kinda bummed. I don't know why. I've had this week off school! But my 'rents aren't here, so ive been missin them(I think). Well on with the story(I decided being selfish wasn't very Christian like). I hope this chap answers yawl's Qs.

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What's going on here?

Buffy grabbed the nearest vamp and hauled off with a punch. The vamp slammed into the alley wall and crumpled into a heap. Faith pulled a stake and dusted him. Buffy whorled around and checked for vamps. Not a one. Buffy looked around her in confusion, what happened? There was a whole bunch of them a minute ago. She turned to Faith, "Did you already get the other vampires?" Faith shook her head, "No."

A mist had filled the alley and turned the air chilly. What is going on? Buffy slid a dagger out of her sleeve. Faith glanced around the alley shaking her head; "There is something wrong with this town." Buffy walked toward the open end of the alley cautiously. "You know what Faith? I think I agree with you." Faith grinned and put the stake back in her pocket. As they walked toward the apartment complex the fog seemed to follow them. "Weird." Muttered Faith.

"What was that?"

"What was what?"

"There was a… something. It moved… there it is!"

"Where? I don't see anything B. Are you sure your on heads on right?"

Buffy glared at Faith, "Hey, you're the crazy one, not me."

"Then why are you the one seeing things?"

"Because she has good eyesight."

Buffy and Faith stiffened in surprise. Buffy turned her head slowly looked for the speaker, when someone stepped out of fog. At first they couldn't tell what it was, demon, or human. Buffy squinted at the figure came closer. It's a boy. No not boy, teenager, maybe Dawn's age. He was tall about 6' 3" or more, he wore a leather motorcycle coat and jeans. On his feet, big black boots like Spike's, and beside his feet was a gray wolf. It walked alongside him, like a pet. Faith stepped back as they came closer, "Okay, who are you?" The teen smiled, but it was an indulgent smile, like he was talking with a five year old. "I am a werewolf."

"Okay, Mister Werewolf, what's your name?"

"I have many names."

"What name can we call you?"

"Luca Stormpaw."

Buffy and Faith gaped at in realization. Faith shook her head furiously, "Wait a minute, aren't you kinda young to a pack leader."

"How old were you when you found out you were the slayer?"

Faith had to think about that for a minute, " Eighteen, I think (ne body no 4 sure?). "

He looked at Buffy expectantly. "Um, sixteen."

He smirked, "Don't you think that's a little young to be saving the world?"

"Well how old are you?"

"Eighteen."

"Really? And how long have you been a werewolf?"

"Thirteen years."

Buffy stared at him thirteen years? That means he was five when he was bitten. Faith pointed to the wolf beside him, "And who is that? Or is it just a wolfy pal?" Luca glanced down at the wolf, "No. This is Hura." Buffy was shocked out of her silence, "What? I thought you only turned on the full moon. And didn't look like your average wolf when you did." Hura changed from wolf to human, a smooth fluid transformation. She glanced at Luca before answering Buffy, " We are Direwolves. The only involuntary change is on the full moon." Faith was confused, "So you like have magic that lets you turn into a wolf anytime you want?"

Luca heaved a sigh, "Sort of, we were bitten on dark holidays. The magics that surround these days is very powerful, and any other magic done on that day has some of that dark magic tunneling through it."

Now Buffy and Faith were really confused, "Dark holidays? Tunneling? What?"

Hura spoke before Luca could, "Look, just take us to your watcher. We have other things we have to discuss also."

Buffy looked at Faith, who shrugged. "Okay. Come on."

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"Fae? Marissa?" the two of them stared at Dawn, and Fae gave a weak smile, "Hello Dawn."

"What are you guys doing here?"

Buffy cut in, "Fae? Fae Winters? That guy you had a date with last Friday?" she turned and stared at him, "Your Fae Winters?" He nodded and gave her a sheepish smile. "My little sister is dating a werewolf?" Dawn looked from Buffy to Fae, from Fae back to Buffy, "What are you talking about?" Willow cut in, "Did somebody say werewolf? Where?"

"You're looking at one." Willow jumped at Fae's statement and gaped at him, "What? Aren't you the guy Dawnie had a date with last week?" Fae rolled his eyes, he was getting tired of this conversation, "Yes I am. But I'm not here to talk about that. I'm here to talk about"

"The end of the world?" Giles glared from where he stood in the doorway of the kitchen.

"Something like that." Everyone stared at Marissa. She looked at them, "What?"

"Okay, everybody sit down." Now they were all looking at Dawn. She glared at them, "Now." After everyone had sat down she pointed to Buffy, "Okay, what do you mean he's a werewolf?"

"I mean he's a werewolf."

"Are you sure?"

"Ask him if you don't believe me." Dawn turned to Fae and crossed her arms, "Well?" He looked at her and lifted an eyebrow, "Well what?"

"Are you a werewolf?"

"Last time I checked, yeah." Dawn sat down in one of the empty chairs with a thump, "Why didn't you tell me?" He just looked at her and lifted the other eyebrow. Giles cleared his throat, "Now before we get all hurt and blaming everybody else for it, why are you here?"

"Because there is a problem that we cannot fix."

"Cannot fix or don't want to fix?"

Fae glared at Buffy, "Cannot fix. If it had been other wise I would have said so."

"Well how do we know that?"

"We have guarded this city for years. We know what we can and cannot do. And we cannot stop what is coming."

"Okay, if a pack of nine"

"Fifteen." Buffy glared at Marissa, "Fifteen werewolves can't stop it what makes you think we can?"

"You are the Slayer. It is your job." Now Buffy glared at Fae, "You were still vamp dusting for weeks after I got here. And you still are." He shrugged, "Old habits die hard." Before Buffy could answer that, Faith spoke up, "Hey would you mind explaining how you guys can go wolf at will? And properly this time, I don't speak Giles." Fae sighed and rubbed a temple, " We were bit on dark holidays, like the Night of Saint Vigeous. The powerful magics surrounding that holiday amplified the power of the wolf giving us extended power. So we can turn wolf whenever we want to, with the exception of the full moon. Then we have no choice."

"But there is a difference between the wolf we saw today and the wolf on the full moon."

"Yes. The full moon wolf is a werewolf, hybrid, partially human. The wolf on all other days is all animal."

"Can you turn into a werewolf on days besides the full moon." Fae glanced at Willow before answering her question, "Yes, but it is very painful." Willow nodded, it made sense.

"This is fascinating." They all turned to look at Giles. He smiled sheepishly, "Sorry but I've never really spent time discussing werewolves with a werewolf before. Oz was very quiet when it came to the wolf. Well actually he was quiet about everything." Giles finished frowning slightly. There was silence in the room after that. Every one jumped in surprise when Fae's cell phone went off. He answered it, "Hello?"

He frowned, "What? Are you sure?" Then he burst out laughing, "No, no. It doesn't work like that. You have to… hello?" He pulled the phone away from his ear and frowned at it, "Lost the signal." Marissa looked at him, "Who was it?"

"Thomas."

"What did he want?"

"The answer to a history problem." Marissa nodded. "Will he call back?" Fae shook his head in reply. Buffy shifted impatiently in her seat, "Okay, now will you guys please tell us what you can here to say?"

Fae nodded, "Very well. Have you ever heard of Balthazar the Impostor?"

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