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"I'm not really sure how long it was in-between Doyle's death and my appearance, but I guess it must have been a few weeks later" said Hope as she glanced at Cordelia who was resting her head on Gunn shoulder, flicking a brown curl over her own shoulder she continued "I always knew about the darkness that existed, hell I was that darkness. Being a witch meant that I could belong to any world I chose to, anything I wanted I took, any thing I didn't like I destroyed. I relished in my own power of witchcraft…well that was until I got my own powers drain by; might I add a real bitch. We got into a little fight over this amulet that she said belonged to her, when she turned on the real magic, would have left me for dead if not for a small counter spell. I guess I really should be glad I lost my magic otherwise I wouldn't have met Cordy." Said Hope as she smiled
"I was living on the streets for a while when Cordelia came across me, told me that she was here to help me. She took me to this small downtown office apartment and helped me get better. Told me that she was a human that had been given visions from her friend and that's how she knew how to find me. She didn't know I was a witch…well technically I wasn't anymore since my powers got drained, but after I got better I thought about leaving her going back to the darkness to get my magic back. But something held me back, without the magic I wouldn't be welcomed back to the darkness, the darkness loved power and I wasn't powerful anymore. So I stayed with Cordy and we began doing what her and Doyle had, helping the helpless. I still didn't tell her I was a witch I really didn't think it mattered anymore, but I was wrong. Cordelia and I were in a fight with a Smurfus demon…"
"Wow those are huge" interrupted Buffy
"Yeah, and for two human it was impossible to defeat, I wanted to run away I was nothing without my magic's but Cordelia said that she would stay and fight. She said she was the defender and if that meant going down doing her job then that's what she would do. Doyle, he trusted her to carry on and she would fight the devil himself to do it"
As Hope spoke Angel found himself falling deeper into the story, he could relate to the darkness that Hope wanted back, belong to the darkness was so much simpler than fighting for the side of good. All you needed to belong to the darkness was power, belonging to the light meant you needed to abide by so many different rules.
"At this point I really just wanted to escape, but I couldn't let cordy fight it by itself, and so after a lot of had work we finally killed the beast, and I'll tell you it was the best time I've ever had me my life"
"She not jokin, she actually burst out laughing after we killed it" said Cordelia who had suddenly returned to her cool exterior
"Yeah, well it felt good to know that I didn't have to rely on my powers anymore, I found something better than the darkness… I found a purpose."
"But you all powerful now, through" asked Willow
"Well… I kinda think that's a story for another day, Wesley better tell his story now"
"Oh ok" said Willow with a frown
"Well, I must say, my story is not as interesting as Cordelia or Hope, so please bear with me. As you are aware I was once a member of the watcher's council, and had just been given my first slayer in sunnydale-"
"Giles did you know you were going to be replaced" interrupted Xander
"Em" said Giles as he took of his glasses "no"
"Well, it was a very hush hush thing. I wasn't suppose to tell you I was a watcher, but rather I was suppose to get close to the girl, so that in time she would trust me and listen to me instead of you. But, after spending one week in this place, I didn't think I was suited for this"
"But you went to join a vampire agency"
"No, I became a rogue demon slayer"
"What?" said the slayerettes who all burst out in hysterical laughter
"Hey, don't laugh at English" snapped Gunn as he saw the light marks of embracement appear on Wesley's face.
"Yeah" said Cordelia as an angry scowl graced her lips
"Em sorry" they all said
Angel sat uncomfortable in the chair, he hadn't known anyone that stuck together like that, even the slayer and her friends didn't stick together like that. He wondered what a life like that would be like, they all seemed so different but came together like a family.(A/N: sorry for the amount of times i used together)
"As I was saying" started Wesley who quickly gave a small smile to the other members of the AI team. "I became a rogue demon slayer, and not a very good one. You see after failing to meet the council's orders they left me stranded in Sunnydale, and I only had enough money to go to LA. So I went to LA only to find out that it was just as bad as Sunnydale, and if I was going to make a life there I needed to learn how to correctly protect myself. During my training period I saw how people were suffering due to the large amount of demons in LA, so I decide to be a demon hunter, to try and reduce the numbers. Fortunately I met Hope and Cordelia on one adventure, and then a few more after that, it was a while before they told me about there business. Soon after I decided to hand in my costume and become the boss"
"You mean research guy" said Hope with a friendly grin
"Yes, yes" said Wesley as he coloured slightly
"Its alright English, I'm next. Basically my story is this, me and my younger sister along with a few homeless kids set up a gang to keep the LA vamps at bay. One day my crew got into a mess with a group of local vampires, luckily the 'AI' team helped me to stop the blood bath that would have ensued, unfortunately it wasn't enough to save my sister, she got turned and I had to stake her".
Buffy's eyes quickly flicked to Angel's as she recalled sending him to hell, she saw him look down at the floor.
"Your friends lucky, a few months ago Gunn would have staked him" said Cordelia to Buffy
Angel's eyes snapped upwards "you…you know I'm a vampire"
"Oh please" continued Cordelia "your dressed all in black and you have a broody air about you, please you might as well have a stamp on you"
"Plus, your rather pale" put in Wesley
"Yeah, Cordy also taught me to see the grey between the black and white of good and evil. Not all demons are evil and the fact that you're a sitting with a slayer must mean your good…even though I don't see how that's possible"
"Gunn" said Hope in a warning tone
"Hey I'm still learning"
"Hey guy's as much fun as this story telling is, I'm beat, do you guys know of any where to stay" asked Cordelia as she stood up
"Well, there are a few hotels around" replied Buffy as she hopped of the table
"No, there all full" said Wesley "I checked on the internet before I left"
"Oh well…"
"Oh, Angel has a mansion" said Willow excitedly
"I…" started Angel as everyone one in the room looked at him
"Yeah, I have a mansion" he finished weakly
"Gosh don't sound enthusiastic about us stay there" snapped Cordelia
"Angel's just not a people person" said Buffy
"Well, he use to snack on them… use to right" she asked as she raised her eyebrow
"Yeah" said Angel
"Well, then good, will stay at the broody vampire's house" said Cordelia as she started to head to the library exit
"If any of the guys back home, heard I was hanging out with a vampire I'll be toast" muttered Gunn
"This is quite fascinating, I get to study a real vampire" said Wesley as he quickly glanced over at Angel
"Are you coming?" asked Hope as she turned to Angel "Don't worry there really not that bad… well except maybe Cordy, oh and Gunn, in fact even Wesley has a dark side. I tell you what just sleep with one eye open, that way they can't stake you, dissect you, or poison you while you're asleep"
"Em Buffy" said Angel as he turned to look at the slayer
"Good luck" she mouthed as he walked out the door.
Before he faded down the hall she heard him say "Poison?"
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