GILES APARTMENT
(No-ones POV)
Giles was woken by somebody franticly pounding on the door. "For the love of God whoever it is would you stop with that incessant BANGING!" Giles threw open the front door and was greeted by a sheepish looking Buffy and some girl he'd never seen before.
"Nice pyjamas Giles." Buffy said with a smirk, Faith was trying to stifle her laughter, she didn't want to offend somebody that she had just met but geez this guy had poor fashion taste I mean tweed pyjamas what era's he from.
"Giles this is Faith she needs our help so I suggested that we come to you what with you being knowledge guy and all." Buffy and Faith stood looking at him expectantly before Giles remembered his manners and invited them in.
GILES LIVING ROOM
(No-ones POV)
Buffy and Faith were sitting on one couch while Giles was sitting facing them waiting for them to start. "B ain't you gonna introduce us?" asked Faith looking warily at Giles.
"Oh sorry uh… this is Giles my watcher…you can trust him and there's nothing that he doesn't know about and Giles this is Faith she's a Garou." Giles seemed rather pleased at Buffy's compliment however he choked on his tea when she finished her sentence. He turned to Faith, shocked.
"A Garou are you sure?" Faith looked slightly miffed.
"hey! I am sitting right here!"
Giles looked embarrassed "sorry where are my manners, its just that Garou's where thought to be a myth, I'd heard stories about them when I was training to be a watcher but nobody has ever seen or heard of them for over 1000 years. If any did exist they where thought to have been extinct by now. This is rather fascinating." Buffy, feeling left out of the loop, didn't like it and decided to let her feelings be known and she didn't like the way that Giles was staring at Faith. And by the looks of it neither did Faith.
"Excuse me am I the only person that doesn't know what a Garou is?"
"Sorry Buffy, Faith would you like to explain or should I? Asked Giles.
"Think you should do it G-man" replied Faith settling back on the sofa. Giles turned to Buffy and explained.
"A Garou is a werewolf that has the ability to change whenever they wish and they have full control of themselves whilst they are in wolf form. They can also communicate telepathically with other members of their pack or clan over long distances. Am I correct?" he asked Faith.
"Pretty much" she replied "but I can lose control if my emotions are too strong. Like if I'm really angry or frightened. It's like a reflex thing." Buffy who had been looking between Giles and Faith during the story looked at Faith.
"Could you change right now? You know if you wanted to I mean…not that you have to or anything…..I just want to see what you look like…". Faith looked over at Giles as if asking permission. He nodded and motioned for Buffy to step back as Faith stood up and moved into the centre of the room.
They both watched in awe as her whole body started to glow faintly and her image seemed to shimmer making her features hard to distinguish. She seemed to grow in height to over six foot and as soon as it started it had finished. Faith no longer stood before them but a large wolf like creature. It had the head of a wolf, but the body was slightly human in shape and was covered in thick black fur. Buffy noticed that she even had a tail. She was broken from her thoughts by a scream and a dull thud. She looked towards the door and saw that the Scooby's had arrived.
