WITCH
LEAS POV
"This is madness! What can you have been thinking? You are the Slayer! Lives depend upon you!" Giles says upset as he begins pacing "I make allowances for your youth, but I expect a certain amount of responsibility, and instead of which you enslave yourself to this, this…Cult?" he says as he stops pacing id say cult is a little too strong of a word. I look over at buffy from where I'm sitting on the library check-out counter she's wearing a white shirt and short red skirt that's to her knees its her cheerleading outfit she also has two yellow and red pompoms.
" You don't like the color?" buffy asks
"Id...Do you, um..." he says exasperated as he puts some books on a cart "Do you ignore everything I say as a, as a rule?"
"No, I believe that's your trick." Giles pushes the cart to the counter where I'm sitting as Buffy skips in front of him and poses.
"I told you, I'm trying out for the cheerleading squad!"
"You have a sacred birthright, Buffy. just like your sister can't you be more like her. You were chosen to destroy vampires, not to... wave pompoms at people. And as the Watcher I forbid it." he goes back to the table and I decide to cut in
"I don't like cheerleading Giles if there was something I liked hear and could handle you would be saying the same to me" he sighs at my remark
"see and also you'll be stopping me how?" buffy asks smugly
"Well, I..." Giles sits on the edge of the table and crosses his arms "By appealing to your common sense if such a creature exists."
"I will still have time to fight the forces of evil, okay? I just wanna have a life, I wanna do something normal. Something safe."
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NO ONES POV
In a dark attic, There are flowers and herbs hanging upside down from the rafters to dry and items with tags. A person moves around in the darkness to the cauldron. She waves a pendant on a chain over the brew, then pulls it back. She goes over to a rack and yanks off a doll hanging there by its neck on a wire.
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LELAS POV
Buffy, Willow Xander and I head to the gym for cheerleader tryouts as soon as we walk through the door we are greeted by Girls who are stretching and practicing, doing back handsprings, cartwheels and walking handstands. One girl even does a roundoff followed by a back handspring in a skirt! Wait I pay more attention and notice that they are all wearing skirts I quickly focus on willow trying not to stare at the girls.
"Giles didn't approve, huh?" willow asks buffy as they continue their conversation from the hall
"He totally lost his water. We haven't seen a vampire in over a week. I'd say he should get a girlfriend if he wasn't so old." buffy replies
"Well, we're behind you." I nod in agreement
"People scoff at things like school spirit, but look at these girls giving their all like this!" Xander stops speaking and I look over to see why which was a big mistake because we both end up staring at a girl named amber doing the splits between two chairs she looks at Xander and me I quickly focus back on willow trying to pretend like I wasn't staring "Ooo, stretchy! Where was I?"
"You were pretending that seeing scantily clad girls in revealing postures was a spiritual experience," Willow answered she didn't say anything about me staring to good that means no one noticed except maybe amber
"Who said I was pretending?" Xander looks at buffy " Oh, hey! Here's a good luck thing for tryouts." He hands her a silver bracelet
"What's this?" buffy asks
"What's that?" willow repeated seeming slightly upset
"Oh, how sweet!" I look over her shoulder and read the inscription
"'Yours Always.'"
"I-i-it came that way, really, they all said that!" Xander studders willow and I exhale sure they did
"Just look at that Amber. Who does she think she is, a Laker Girl?" Cordelia says I look at her a little confused why is she trying to have a conversation with us
"I heard she turned them down," Willow replies the cheerleading squad leader steps up with her clipboard and calls for everyone's attention.
"Okay, listen up! Let's begin with" she checks her clipboard "Amber Grove. If you're not auditioning, move off the floor." Amber moves to the middle of the floor and I blush some looking her over slightly
"oh gross are you checking her out!?" Cordelia says looking at me I stay calm and shake my head and point at a teacher selling candy
"I'm trying to figure out if I should buy something," I say hoping she buys it she just smirks at me
"figures your such a pig" I look down and start walking to the stands with everyone else when willow starts walking beside me
"don't listen to her," she says trying to help I look at her and nod smiling softly at her and she smiles back when we get on the bleachers I sit down and right when I do I see a girl walk over to willow
"Amy! Hi!" willow greets the newcomer amy
"Hi!" amy greats back
"I didn't know you wanted to be a cheerleader! You lost a lot of weight."
"Had to."
"Do you know Buffy and Lela?"
"Hi." Amy greets us both
"Hi." Buffy and I greet at the same time
"Oh, how I hate this, let me count the ways." Amber begins her routine. It's very athletic. She starts off with a needle split lift followed by a double spin and a jumping double spin. After landing, Amber launches herself into an aerial and a cartwheel. Jazz slides are then followed by a single spin. Everyone in the gym is intent on watching her including me
"She trained with Benson. He's one of the best coaches money can buy." Amy says to buffy which catches my attention
"They have cheerleading coaches?" I ask
"Oh, yeah! Doesn't buffy have one? I train with my mom, three hours in the morning, three at night." wow
"Hmm, that much quality time with my mom would probably lead to some quality matricide," Buffy says
"Oh, I know it's hokey. But she's really great." Cordelia turns away from Amber with a look of contempt on her face she makes an annoyed hmmm sound. Buffy and Xander watch Amber in amazement. Amy and Willow are impressed, too and I just try not to stare but I furrow my brows when I start smelling smoke coming from amber and even seeing it
"umm buffy!" I say glancing at her
"What the...?" buffy says seeing it to
"That girl's on fire!" willow says worried and surprised
"Enough of the hyperbole!" Cordelia says not even looking. Amber's hands catch fire and She drops her pom poms and screams. Buffy reacts as Amber flails her hands in the air. Buffy jumps up onto the stands and pulls down a banner. She runs back to Amber, knocks her down and snuffs out the flames with the banner. Everyone stares in shock.
"It's okay, it's okay, you're gonna be... okay," Buffy says trying to comfort her
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Buffy is pacing around the library and Willow Xander and I are sitting at the table I pull out some peanut butter cups that I went ahead and bought from the teacher it's one of those large packs with four in it and by the look im getting from Xander he wants one
"lela" he says pulling the puppy dog eyes on me I sigh and give him one
"thanks," he says smiling and taking a bite and just like stray dogs to some food everyone kind of looks at me wanting their own I groan and give everyone a peanut butter cup and throw the wrapper away and slouch back into my seat bummed because all my treats were begged away from me. I feel a tap on my shoulder and look over at willow she halved her piece and handed a half to me I take it and smile wide
"thank you willow" she nods smiling back and we both eat our halves as everyone else finishes off theirs
"ok" buffy throws away the bottom wrapper from the reses "I've been slaying vampires for more than a year now, and I have seen some pretty cringeworthy things, but... nobody's hands ever got toasted before."
"I imagine not," Giles says coming out of the cage where he tossed the wrapper
"So, this isn't a vampire problem."
"No."
"But it is funky, right? Not of the norm?" buffy says turning to Giles
"Quite. Spontaneous human combustion is, is rare, and, and scientifically unexplainable, but there have been cases for hundreds of years. Usually, all that's left is a pile of ashes."
"That's all that would have been left if it hadn't been for Buffy," Willow states
"So, we have no idea what caused this. That's a comfort." Xander says
"But that's the thrill of living on the Hellmouth!" giles states as he sits at the end of the table "There's a veritable cornucopia of, of fiends and devils and, and ghouls to engage." Everyone looks at him "Pardon me for finding the glass half full." Giles says deflating
"I kind of agree with him some," I say he seems to cheer up some
"Any common denominators in cases of spontaneous combustion?" buffy asks
"Uh, rage. In most cases the person who combusted was, was terribly angry or, or upset." Giles says I shake my head
"she wasn't angry or upset though it seemed like she was having fun during the tryout"
"So maybe Amber's got this power to make herself be on fire. It's like the human torch, only it hurts." Xander says
"I need to get the skinny on Amber. Find out if she's had any colorful episodes before." Buffy says as she starts to go
"That means hacking illegally into the school's computer system. At last, something I can do!" we all get up and go to buffy
"I'll ask around about her," Xander says
"You guys don't have to get involved," Buffy says
"What d'ya mean? We're a team! Aren't we a team?"
"Yeah! You're the Slayer lelas the guardian, and we're, like, the Slayerettes!" willow says
"we just don't like putting you guys in danger." I say worried
"Oh, huh, I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away." I smile slightly at what Xander said
"Okay, just walk softly, at least until we know a little more. I mean, what if Amber isn't causing these problems herself?" buffy states
"Well, then we have to determine who or what did, and, uh, deal with it accordingly," Giles says
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"hey" buffy and I say as we walk into the kitchen There are several wooden boxes and crates mom is trying to pry one open with a crowbar.
"Hi, how was school?" mom asks
"Mm, a reverent joy. What's all this?" buffy asks
"It's for the tribal art display."
"sweet," I say looking at some pieces
"Cool!" buffy says examining a piece I can tell she isn't as interested in them as I am "We had tryouts today."
"Oh, great! How'd it go?" mom asks
"I didn't actually get to try out. There was an accident. Pretty fierce competition, though." I walk over
"do you want some help with that mom?"
"yes please" she sighs relieved as she walks over to some papers when she starts looking through them and signing some I open the lid with one hand
"Mom?" buffy says
"Yeah?" mom answers still working on her paperwork
"What was I trying out for?"
"Oh, uh..." she stops what she's doing and finally looks at buffy "Some activity? I have no idea, I'm sorry."
"That's okay. Your platitudes are good for all occasions." Mom sighs
"I'm distracted." She starts working on the papers again "Got a lotta inventory to go through, here." She sighs "This is my Gallery's first major show."
"It was cheerleading."
"Oh good! I'm glad you're taking that up again, it'll keep you out of trouble."
"I'm not in trouble."
"No, not yet." I bite my lip please let's not start this again I look at buffy who has a hurt expression clear on her face mom looks up and sees it to
"I mean, you stopped cheerleading just before the trouble, so it's good you're going back." She says trying to make what she said better she comes back to the crate I opened and I move some so she can get in it she partly lifts up a statue "Oh, dear."
"What?"
"The fertility statue, you don't need to see it." Before she puts it back down I catch a glimpse of the statue which is a naked man I quickly look away from the box
"oh man I didn't need to see that!" I say and walk away from the box to the wall furthest away
Mom laughs some at my reaction and goes back to her clipboard.
"Y'know, there's this girl, Amy, and, um, she trains with her mom, like three hours a day," Buffy says trying to see if mom will help her
"Uh-huh," Mom says
"Sounds like her mom's pretty into it."
"Sounds like her mom doesn't have a lot to do." She walks out of the kitchen with a piece of art. And Buffy lifts the crate's lid a little bit and looks in. "Jeepers!" buffy says quickly closing it I snort and start laughing loudly and buffy shoots me a playful glare
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BUFFYS POV
I watch joy the cheerleading squad leader pace
"Despite the terrible thing that happened yesterday we still have to pick new cheerleaders. If you make the team you'll find your names posted in the quad after lunch. Let's begin with group performance." She says
"Why do my hands have to sweat when I get nervous?" amy asks me I look at her reassuringly
"Don't worry. You'll do great."
"Five, six, seven, eight!" joy recites loudly "
Sunnydale! Sunnydale! We never fail! We never fail! Jump and Shoot! Swish and score! The other team is such a bore! Yeah!" we all chant and do a cartwheel but amy messes up and crashes into Cordelia. She yelps as she falls and then quickly gets up.
"You saw that, right? That wasn't me! You saw that right?" Cordelia looks at Amy and back to the leader "Right?"
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i pass the trophy case some and see amy looking at the trophies in the case with a longing look. I go over to her and she must have noticed because she smiles and points to a picture in the case.
"That's my mom!" amy says I look at the picture and trophy
"No! way!" I read the inscription "Catherine Madison. Get down with your bad self!"
"Her nickname was Catherine the Great. She took that team and made them tri-county champions. Y'know, no one's ever done that before, or since. She and my dad were Homecoming King and Queen. They got married right after graduation."
"That's kinda romantic."
"Well, he was a big loser. Never made any money. Ran off with Miss Trailer Trash when I was twelve."
"Okay, that part's less romantic. My folks split up, too."
"Drag, huh? he left my mom with nothing. She put herself through cosmetology school." Amy smiles "Bought me everything I ever wanted." She shakes her head "And never once gained a single pound." I walk around to face Amy
"Uh, she sounds really great, Amy, but, um... it doesn't mean that you need to lockstep as far as this cheerleading thing."
"She was the best! And I can't get my body to move like hers! I choked in there so bad!"
"No, Amy, you did fine," I say trying to cheer her up but fail
"I'm gonna get changed."
"Wait! No..." I quickly say trying to get her to stop but it doesn't work she walks past willow and Lela
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LELAS POV
I stare at the clock above the teachers head as she talks come on come on ring damn you just as I think that the school bell rings I breath out happy and quickly get up from my seat and right as I walk to the door willow comes in. her class must of ended earlier than mine
"Hi Lela" willow greets
"Hi Willow" willow smiles
"Do you want to find Buffy with me"
"Sure" I smile back to her and we both head out just as willow turns a corner I catch buffys sent "Willow she's this way" I point down the hall she heads back over to me and I lead the way
"How do you" she stops talking and just laughs "caught her sent?"
"Yup"
As we walk through the door amy walks towards us
"Hey, Amy!" willow says but amy just walks by we both head over to buffy "Is she okay?
"No, she's, she's wiggin' about her mom, big cheer queen back when," Buffy answers
"Yeah, her mom's kinda..."
"...Nazi like?"
"Heil. If she gains an ounce she padlocks the fridge and won't eat anything but broth." Padlocks? This woman shouldn't have had a kid if she did this kind of stuff just for gaining an ounce of weight
"So, mommy dearest is really... Mommy Dearest?"
"There's a bitter streak. But Amy's nice. We used to hang in Junior High. When her mom would go on a broth kick Amy'd come over to my house and we'd stuff ourselves with brownies!"
"yum," I say out loud mainly to myself as we all start walking down the hall
"Hey, any word on Amber?" buffy asks
"Nothing thrilling. Average student. Got detention once, for smoking. Regular smoking... with a cigarette, not, like being smoky." Willow answers
"Hmm."
"All pretty normal."
"So we just have to wait and we'll see what happens. Maybe nothing will."
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NO ONES POV
In the girl's locker room, Amy is alone at her locker. She hears a noise and turns to look but sees nothing. she closes her locker and starts to go, but is surprised by Cordelia.
"I have a dream. It's me on the cheerleading squad, adored by every varsity male as far as the eye can see! We have to achieve our dreams, Amy. Otherwise we... wither and die!" Cordelia says
"Look, I'm sorry about..." amy starts but Cordelia cuts her off
"Shhh! If your supreme klutziness out there today takes me out of the running, you're gonna be so very beyond sorry!" she smiles "Have a nice day." Cordelia turns and leaves but not before throwing her scrunchie into an open locker and slamming the door as she rounds the corner, but it doesn't stay shut. Amy leans on her locker when Cordelias gone scared.
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LELAS POV
"come on" I say annoyed and slap the soda machine "you can't just take my dollar" I look around and tilt the machine shaking it some when I finally hear a clunk I ease it back down and grab my soda and smirk at the machine "lela one drink machine 0 try harder next time" I spin on my heel and walk off putting the drink in my pocket for later I was going to go to the library to read but I catch willows and Xander's scents Xander's being mutch stronger than usual I decide to just follow their scents instead of reading after a few turns I hear them talking I think there outside
"I told Buffy and lela about Amber." A voice that is clearly willows says
"Cool! Was buffy wearin' it? The bracelet, she was wearin' it, right? Pretty much like we're goin' out." Xander says I shake my head and walk thru the door leading outside and jump out at them as thy walk by where I came out and wrap my arm around Xander's neck leading against him some walking with them
"Except without the hugging or kissing or her knowing about it," I say they both look confused for a second but they soon figure out I was close enough to of been able to hear them I guess there still getting used to my abilities
"So I'm just a figure of fun." Xander says exhaling "I should ask her out, right?"
"You won't know till you ask," Willow says
"That's why you're so cool! You're like a guy! You're my guy friend that knows about girl stuff!" serially Xander no girl wants to hear that!
"Oh, great. I'm a guy." Willow says not too happy about what he said I remove my arm from around his neck and walk in front of them backwards
"smoothe Xander" I say with a slight sigh
"how did you even find us" he asks I grin and shake my head tapping my nose
"you really should take a bath tonight Xander it was easier than usual" willow laughs at this and Xander just pouts and smells himself then makes a face
"noted" I laugh at his understanding that a bath is needed "Oh, hey, they're posting the list!" he says suddenly then runs off I turn around and walk beside willow as we catch up with him when we get closer we see buffy and Amy and Xander standing behind them. A girl pushes past the crowd of people at the bulletin crying I look at Amy as she starts speaking
"I can't take this," Sher says upset
Xander gently moves amy some and moves forward "Cover me, I'm goin' in." he says
"Xander wait don't!" I say as fast as I can but its too late he already went into the lion's den "he's so dead" I say after a bit we see Cordelia come out of the crowd and look at amy
"You're lucky!" she says
"I made it?" Amy asks hopefully
"I made it!" Cordelia says smugly walking away as she leaves Xander struggles getting out of the crowd and gets hit on the way out
"One of those girls hit me really hard! You should test for steroids." I shoot him a look that says I told you, you shouldn't of went in there he gives me a sheepish look back knowing that I was right then looks at amy and buffy "Okay, not only did you make the team, but you, Miss Summers, are the first alternate, and Amy's number three." Oh no, I look at amy who looks at Buffy, badly disappointed and leaves with buffy following her to try and help "And what a better way to celebrate than with a romantic drive through..." Xander starts but stops seeing that amy and buffy had left
"Xander, alternates are the ones who didn't make the team, they only fill in if something happens to the ones who did," Willow tells him
"For I am Xander, King of Cretins. May all lesser cretins bow before me." He says upset with himself I pat his shoulder
"you didn't know" I smile at him trying to cheer him up
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BUFFYS POV
I quickly catch up with amy
"At least it's over. And you know what I think we should do about it? Brownie pig out, my house, after school. Ill make sure Lela doesn't eat them all" I smile at her but it quickly fades when I see it didn't cheer her up
"It's just how many more hours a day can I practice? Y'know, how much more can I do? This would never happen to my mother. Never." Amy finishes walking off all I can do is just watch her go not knowing what I can do to help her
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NO ONES POV
in the same attic, there's a bunch of tagged personal items that was taken from people. At a culdren, there's a person stirring
"Give me the power. Give me the dark." A female voice says She goes to get another doll from her rack. "I call on you, the laughing gods." She yanks one of the dolls off of the rack. "Let your blackness crawl beneath my skin." She wraps Cordelia's scrunchie around the doll's head. "Accept thy sacrifice... of Cordelia. Feed on her." She then drops the doll into the brew.
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LELAS POV
I watch buffy from where I'm leaning on the wall as she takes out her fresh toasted half bagel She takes it to the island in the middle of the kitchen to put some stuff on it.
"are you sure you only want to eat an apple?" buffy asks as she spreads cream cheese on her bagel
"Yes I'm sure" I reply taking a bite out of my apple
"Look what I found. It's my yearbook from junior year. Oh, look! There I am. " mom says as she walks in and puts the book down on the island and goes to get a cup of coffee I smile and walk over looking at the book and buffy does the same
"Mom, I've accepted that you've had sex. I am not ready to know that you had Farrah hair." Buffy says
"This is Gidgit hair. Don't they teach you anything in history?" I look back and forth at them both
"gidgit? Farrah? Sometimes I really don't understand you two" I say finishing my apple and throwing it away and mom just chuckles some at what I said
"Well, it's really cool, but we gotta book," Buffy says
"Well, I was thinking. I know the cheerleading thing didn't work out... Maybe you should think about joining the yearbook staff. Both of you. I did, it was a lot of fun."
"Not really my tip, mom," Buffy says as she opens the fridge
" I'm sorry mom but I don't want to be part of that a little bit too much attention for my taste," I say she seems to understand and turn her focus to convincing buffy more than me now
"I was, uh, photo editor. I got to be on every page, made me look much more popular than I was." Mom says
"And have you seen the kids that do yearbook? Nerds pick on them." Buffy says walking to her bag I quickly look at her then to mom she looks hurt from buffys statement
"Some of the best times I had in school were working on the yearbook!"
Buffy faces mom looking a little sorry but kind of annoyed buffy please don't start this early "Oh, this just in I'm not you! I'm into my own thing."
Mom don't engage don't engage I repeat done engage "Your own thing, whatever it is, got you both kicked out of school, and we had to move here to find a decent school that would take you two!" buffys obvisally hurt by moms statement and honestly I am a little hurt to buffy gets her bag and walks out I look back and forth to where mom is and where buffy walked out and quickly grab my stuff following her I can hear mom calling for us then sighing I catch up to buffy
"you know she only said that because she was hurt" buffy just keeps walking "she called for us then sighed I hurd her she's sorry for saying it"
"…I know I just wish she would stop bringing it up" buffy says still hurt I nod and sigh
"I know…"
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NO ONES POV
In the school hall, Cordelia walks past Willow and Xander in a daze.
"Cordelia, you haven't been mean to me all day. Is it something I've done?" Xander says then speaks to willow "Okay, see how she has no clue that I'm even a mammal, much less a human being?"
Willow takes the pen from her mouth "I see that." She says
"This is the invisible man syndrome. A blessing in Cordelia's case. A curse in Buffy's."
Willow closes her locker "You're not invisible to Buffy." She chews on her pen some more as they start to walk down the hall.
"It's worse! I'm just like a part of the scenery, like an old shoe. Or a rug that you walk on every day but don't even really see it." Willow takes the pen back out of her mouth
"Like a pen that's all chewed up, and you know you should throw it away, but you don't, not 'cause you like it so much, more 'cause you're just used to..." Xander interrupts her and she throws the pen away
"Well, yeah, that is the point, you don't have to drive it through my head like a railroad spike. I'm gonna take your advice and not beat around the bush."
"Or I could be wrong! Maybe you should beat around the bush more."
"Nah, I gotta be a man and ask her out. Y'know, I gotta stop giving her ID bracelets, uh, subtle innuendoes, taking Polaroids outside of her bedroom window late at night that last part is a joke to relieve the tension because here she comes." Buffy comes out of a classroom and walks toward them. "Okay, into battle I go. " he quickly turns to Willow "Would you ask her out for me?" he asks grabbing her by the shoulders, startling her.
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BUFFYS POV
I walk over to Xander and willow and catch Cordelia trying to get into her locker at least I think it's hers I look back at Xander and willow and Xander reliseing willows shoulders
"No. Man. Me battle." He pauses and I look back to where Cordelia is then stopped in front of Xander "Buffy! Would you like to, uh..."
"Is that even Cordelia's locker?" I ask interrupting him we all look at her as she gives up and continues down the hall
"Huh? Oh, I don't know. What I'm saying is accompany me Friday night..."I watch her leave and cut him off again worried
"Xander, I have to, um..." I turn to face him "We can make this up later. You don't mind do you?" I give him my book and quickly follow Cordelia. I follow her outside where people who try to get their license go Cordelia heads to her instructor and I spot Lela what is she doing here I walk over to her she must have smelt me because she turns around to look at me
"what are you doing hear" I ask her
" Cordelia's been acting off so I followed her same reason as you I'm guessing" I nod and watch
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NO ONES POV
Cordelia's driving teacher is waiting for her impatiently He turns and sees her coming.
"Nice of you to join us, Cordelia. We didn't keep you waiting or anything, did we? It's your turn to drive. Okay, people, let's buckle up." He says annoyed and sarcastically as Cordelia goes around the front of the car
"I don't wanna drive today, Mr. Pole."
"You've flunked Driver's Ed. twice already. Show me some moves, or you'll be taking the bus to college." He gets in the car. Cordelia gets in last. Buffy and Lela watch from behind a school bus. "Okay. Check the brake. Check the mirror. Start the engine." Cordelia turns the key and the engine starts. "Hello? Put the car in drive." Cordelia struggles with the shifting lever. "Let's move forward through the cones with a gentle even turn to the..." he couldn't finish his sentence as the car takes off backward crashing into some signs and stops. Cordelia then gets it in drive and the car races forward "Slow down. Slow, slow, turn right! Turn right!" Mr. pole says frantically. Cordelia loses control as the car races along the course, knocking down cones and signs. "Brakes! Brakes!" he screams frantically the car crashes through the fence and bushes, out onto the street where it comes to a sudden halt. Another car just manages to swerve around them. "Everybody out!" Mr. pole yells everyone frantically gets out and runs back to the school. Everyone except Cordelia who is in a daze she walks into the middle of the street. A delivery van is coming the other way, but it doesn't slow down. Buffy quickly jumps into action running to where Cordelia is. Cordelia turns to see the van coming and starts screaming. Buffy leaps over the Driver's Ed. car and grabs Cordelia, pulling her down and out of the way. The van takes out the open car door as Buffy and Cordelia roll to a stop. Lela runs over to buffy and Cordelia flipping off the truck when she reaches them she looks down quickly when she hears Cordelia yelling slightly very frantic
"Oh, my God, I, I can't see anything!"
"It's, it's okay, it's..." buffy stops when she sees Cordelia's eyes Lela looks at her eyes as well and covers her mouth
"Oh God!" Lela says
"What's happening? I can't see anything!" Cordelia says getting more frantic looking at them Her eyes have no more irises and are completely white.
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LELAS POV
We all are sitting at a table in the library as we wait for Giles to speak everyones looking at him so I take this opportunity to take out a starburst I had in my pocket to eat before it got begged away from me but Xander cut me to the quick and did another puppy dog face begging for it I groan loudly and slide it to him
"Xander lelas gonna beat you up of you keep begging for her food" buffy says when she notices Xander eating some candy and me staring up at the ceiling slouched in my seat
"she wouldn't would you?" he asks I raise my hand into the air annoyed
"once a week or even month is fine but back to back isn't Xander I need my food" I whine I can hear him chuckle at me whining
"ill get you a chocolate bar tommow alright?" I shoot up in my set at hearing this and nod
"alright" this time willow buffy and Xander laugh at how quickly my mood changed and I just look away some blushing embarrassed I look up where giles is as he clears his through and starts speaking
"Witchcraft. Blinding your enemy to disorient and disable them is, it's classic!"
Xander finishes the starburst then starts to speak "First vampires, now witches. No wonder you can still afford a house in Sunnydale."
"Why should someone want to harm Cordelia?"
"Maybe because they met her? Did I say that?" I giggle at willows remark and she smiles at me I quickly return the smile still giggling some
"And setting Amber ablaze?" Giles asks
"Yeah, those guys don't hang..." Xander adds
"They're both cheerleaders," Buffy says figuring it out
"Someone doesn't like cheerleading," Giles states
"Or likes it too much," I say
"Amy!" willow says quickly
"Amy!" buffy repeats
"So, you guys are leaning towards Amy?" Xander asks
"She's desperate to get on that team, and I've got this feeling she'd do just about anything to make her mom's dream come true."
"Uh, let me make sure I have this right. This witch is casting horrible and disfiguring spells so that she can become a cheerleader?" Giles says not really believing our conclusion
"I think you're underestimating the amount of pressure a parent can lay on you. If you're not a picture perfect carbon copy they tend to wig." Buffy says and I nod in agreement
"Cheerleading was kind of her mom's last hurrah," Willow adds
"Look, we still have to stop Amy. We should grab her and..." giles interrupts Xander
"I think we should be sure she's the witch before we arouse her suspicions. She's, she's capable of some fairly unpleasant things."
"Okay, alright," buffy says getting up "so, you're in high school, you are desperate to make the team and please your mom, so you turn to witchcraft. What's the first thing you're gonna do?"
"Check out the books on witchcraft!" willow answers. She and Buffy go over to the computer to access the online library card catalog
"Uh, no! No, that would be the last thing you would do! You don't wanna leave a paper trail. Forget that!" Xander says frantically walking over to them
"It'll just take a minute."
"We don't have a minute! Cheerleaders are in danger. Buffy's in danger." He looks at buffy "You were the first alternate, you are on the team now that Cordelia's out. You could be next. We gotta get you to a safe house."
"Xander..."
"Yeah," Xander replies innocently Willow exhales
"Witches Historic Roots to Modern Practice. Checked out by Alexander Harris."
"The Pagan Rites checked out by Alexander..." buffy reads but Xander cuts her off
"Alright, alright, it's not what you think." Xander starts
"You like to look at the semi-nude engravings?" willow says I get up at hearing this and slowly walk over peeking at the screen I look away as soon as I see there's no pictures
"Oh, well, uh, I-I guess it is what you think," Xander says
"Have you all quite finished? We have to find a conclusive test. There may be something in here..." Giles says flipping through pages of his book "Yes, this should do it. You'll need some of her hair, a little quicksilver, and some aquafortis."
"Well, that's just mercury and nitric acid. You can get that in the science lab." Willow says
'Heat ingredients and apply to the witch, and if a spell has been cast in the previous 48 hours, witch's skin turns blue. Hmm." He shuts the book "Oh, and you'll need some Eye of Newt."
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BUFFYS POV
"Those of you in track one may begin your dissections... now." Dr. Gregory says as He shows where the students should cut their frogs. I look behind me Xander is trying to take his frog's eye out with tweezers. But keeps failing "Those of you in track two take your hydrochloric acid and your ammonium hydroxide and carefully pour them into your beakers."
"I can't." I hear Xander say I look back at him and willow grabs the frog and takes out its eye and drops it into the beaker
"Eye of Newt!" she says I take that as my cue and walk to amys table when I stop at it Lishanne starts to speak to me
"Isn't this exciting!"
"Oh, yeah!" I say then look at amy "Amy, help me. Um, which is the hydrochloric acid and which is the, uh, ammonium hydroxide?" I ask
"Well, the bottle that says hydrochloric acid is usually the hydrochloric acid." She answers
"Read the bottles. Good concept!" I laugh nervously and drop my pencil "Oops." I crouch down to get it and quickly reach into amys bag and pull some hair off of her brush I get back up and try to pretend nothing happened I wave my pencil some "got it" I tell her as I head back to my table I put the hair on willows and Xander's table before sitting down. Willow picks up the hair and mixes it into the concoction.
"All set." I hear willow say I get back up and take the tube as she hands it to me "you have a plan?"
"lela sits behind her she's going to trip me and it will spill on her" I answer
"We're right behind you, only... further back," Xander says I slowly start making my way to amy
"Lishanne, can you tell me why these chemicals have this reaction?" dr. Gregory asks as I get to lelas table she trips me and I stumble forward spilling some of the mixture onto amys arm. As soon as it makes contact it turns blue she's the one " Lishanne? Are you... Oh, my God! " I look at lishanne as dr. Gregory says that and she's shaking her head violently she turns towards me and she doesn't have a mouth amy lela and I and more than likely everyone else stares amazed and stunned. Dr. Gregory tells everyone to leave the room we all leave except for Lela who stays behind to help calm her down. Willow Xander and I walk down the hall in silence before Xander breaks it speaking
"Did you see? Amy was as freaked out as the rest of us."
"So it's not her?" willow asks
"The test was positive! She's our Sabrina. I just don't think she realizes what she's doing." I answer
"Well, should we talk to her?"
"Maybe we should talk to her mother. I wonder if she knows what she's created."
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NO ONES POV
Amy walks through the gate to her house she opens the door and walks in closing it behind her looking for her mother
"Where are you?" Amy asks when her mother Catherine hears her she quickly turns off the TV and gets up just as Amy sees her. "Another productive day in front of the TV?" Catherine just looks back. "I got a history report due tomorrow." Amy drops her bag "Write it!" Catherine can only keep looking and exhales. "I should be on that team by now. But instead, Miss Buffy sister and friends are sneaking around stealing bits of my hair. Catherine shakes her head. Amy opens her hand and out drops Buffy's bracelet it dangles being held up by only two fingers "I'll be upstairs." Amy leaves and Catherine watches her go.
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The next morning in Buffy's room the alarm clock goes off buffy wakes up slightly and slaps it hard enough to smash it. This quickly catches her attention and she lifts her head up "Oh! Oops!" she says not really upset about it "Oh..." she gets up and heads to the kitchen
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LELAS POV
I listen to the birds outside as me and mom finish making some freshly squeezed orange juice I pour some into my glass and set it on the table. Me and mom look over as we hear buffy singing after hearing her she comes skipping in wearing her cheerleading outfit
"Macho, macho, man! I want to be a macho man. Macho... Oh, hey, juice!" just as buffy says that she picks up my juice and chugs it
"hey that was!" I sigh "never mind"
"Mm... Quality juice. Not from concentrate!" I shoot her a slight glare and get another glass
"You're in a good mood." Mom says as I fill my new cup with some more orange juice
"I am! I'm on the squad which is great cause I feel like cheering and leading others to cheer. Ooo, hey, juice!" buffy snatches my glass from my hand and chugs the juice again leaving me growling as she slides it back into my hand I place it back on the counter and throw my arms in the air in defeat
"I give up!" I let them fall back to my sides groaning
"Listen, honey, about yesterday, I really..." mom starts
"Mm! That is totally yester. Besides, it's not like you were wrong, y'know. I did get kicked outta school. I'm just wacky that way!" I raise my eyebrow at what she said somethings really wrong with her
"Still, I just want you to know that, despite the problems you've had, I really..." buffy cuts mom off
"Mom, you just don't get it. And, believe me, you don't want it. Y'know, there are just some things about being a Vampire Slayer that the older generation..." my eyes grow wide at what buffy says ignoring what's being said I scoop hers and my stuff up and grab her hand tugging slightly
"as much as it would be great to talk about this right now were gonna be late and buffy needs to be at school earlier now come on buffy" I tug again and she follows me singing macho man all the way to the school gym. As she gets positioned in the line up I pace around waiting for willow and Xander
"Five, six, seven, eight!" joy yells and all The cheerleaders begin practicing a routine.
"Turn up the music!" buffy yells I sigh please don't turn it up it's hurting my ears. The routine continues until Buffy stomps on Joy's foot
"Ow! Get it together Buffy! We have a game in less than four hours!" joy yells just then Xander and Willow come in and walk over to me
"hey why so down wanting to join?" Xander asks I ignore his joke
"it's buffy she's.." I get cut off as buffy starts yelling and jumping around gleefully
"Willow! Xander! My buds are here! I love my buds! Hi!" when she notices people are stairing she gets back in the line and continues the routine
"Is it me, or is Buffy a bit looped?" Xander asks and Willow casts a worried gaze.
"we need to get her out of hear before she…" I once again get cut off as Buffy overthrows Joy's aerial, sending her crashing into the gym wall "...hurts someone." Joy gets up as Buffy comes running over.
"Did I do that?" she asks joy pushes buffy and I quickly head over willow and Xander following
"You are so out of here!" joy says angerly I gently grab buffys shoulder before she can do anything else and Xander and willow grab her by both arms shortly after
"It's not her fault!" willow defends
"She's on medication," Xander says
"What?" buffy asks Xander
"Well, obviously not enough," Joy remarks I glare at her and try to fix the situation some so they don't think she's mental
"buffys felt sick so she's taking heavy medication so she's loopy"
"whatever. Who's our next alternate? Oh. Amy, you just made cheerleader."
"No, no, no. You don't want her, she's a wi..." Xander quickly puts his hand over Buffy's mouth.
"A wise choice indeed!" he says as we all leave Xander and willow pulling buffy away and out the doors and I hold them open
"She's a witchy!"
"Buffy..." willow starts as we begin down the hall
"I just got kicked off the team, didn't I?"
"I don't think it was your fault," Xander says
"Hmm, I know you don't, that's cause you're my friend. You're my Xander-shaped friend!" buffy leans her head on his shoulder "Do you have any idea why I love you so, Xander?"
"We gotta to get her to a..." Xander stops her with a hand gesture
"Let her speak!" he says
"I'll tell you! You're not like other boys at all."
"Well..." he starts before buffy cuts him off
"You are totally, and completely one of the girls!" she looks at willow "I'm that comfy with him." Willow smiles widely and I just laugh
"That's great," Xander says not too happy with what she said
"Any other guy who'd give me a bracelet, they'd... wanna date me, and be like a..." she stops and her dopey mood takes an instant turn "Oh! I, I don't feel so good."
"Buffy?" I ask worried she then collapses into Xander's and willows arms "BUFFY!?" I pick her up and start running to giles Xander and willow following me after a few minutes we reach the library and Xander gets in front of me opening the door I walk in and look around "GILES!" he walks out of his office
"no need to yell what is…" he stops when he sees me holding buffy "good lord what happened" he rushes over
"I don't know she was acting loopy then we dragged her out of the gym and she fainted" he sets up a chair and I lay her down in it he leaves back for his office. Willow and Xander sit in chairs near her and I sit in one right beside her moving some hair out of her face. Giles comes back in with a wet cloth and a book willow gets up and takes it from him propping buffys head up and laying it on her forehead keeping it there I can't stay still anymore so I get up and start pacing after what feels like hours of giles looking through his book buffy wakes up but I can tell she still isn't feeling good so I don't say anything
"We've gotta get her to a hospital!" willow says scared
"They can't help her. This is a bloodstone vengeance spell." Giles says as he takes her pulse "Hits the body hard like a, a quart of alcohol, and then it e-eradicates the, uh, immune system." So someone's out to kill her?! A loud growl rumbles deep in my chest which causes everyone to look at me slightly scared but then go back to buffy
"A vengeance spell, like she's trying to get even with Buffy?" Xander asks
"Cause she knows I know she's a witch," Buffy says weekly
"The others she just wanted out of the running. You she intends to, um..." Giles starts but I cut him off with a growl in my voice
"kill"
"How much time do we have?" willow asks
"Oh, uh, I'm sure, uh..." Giles starts but buffy cuts him off
"Truth. Please."
"Couple of hours... Three at most."
I start pacing faster at this growling louder "how do we reverse it giles!" I say worried and angry
"Well I, I've been researching that, and, uh, we can reverse all the spells if, um..." Giles starts getting up taking off his glasses and rubbing his eyes "...we can just lay our hands on, on Amy's spell book."
"And if we can't get a hold of it?" willow asks
"Well, the other way is to cut the witch's head off." He says putting his glasses back on
"Show of hands!" Xander asks as he and I raise our hands
"It's not Amy's fault. She only became a witch to survive her mother." Buffy says
I breathe out trying to stay calm "I don't care why I only care that you keep breathing buffy if it comes down to it her head will be taken," I say as calm as I can which at this point sounds emotionless Buffy nods slowly then looks at Giles
"Giles, where would she be casting these spells?"
"Oh, she needs a, a sacred space. A-a-a pentagram, um, large pot." Giles says
"Her home. Okay. Help me up." Xander and Willow help her up. "We'll just go to her house and we'll get her book."
"Okay, we'll go with you," Willow says
"Uh, no! You guys stay here and keep an eye on Amy." Buffy says Giles then helps hold her up
"And keep her away from the science lab. We'll need it to cast our counter-spells." He says I nod and look at them
"ill watch the lab try and keep her away from it or she might be losing her head early" I say emotionlessly everyone looks at me worried and I just walk away. I hear giles saying one last thing as I walk away
"keep her away from lela"
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GILES POV
I pull up to Amy's house and rush out of my car helping buffy out of the seat and helping her walk up to the house I knock on the door a few times then look at buffy she looks very tired and out of it. I knock again but louder this time and Mrs. Madison opens the door
"Who are you? Wha, um, uh, is there something wrong?" Mrs. Madison asks
"Mrs. Madison, we need to talk to you about your daughter," I say urgently
"I'm not allowed... You'll have to come back later." She tries to close the door but I prevent her and push my way inside
"Excuse me!"
"What?" I look at buffy ignoring Mrs. Madison
"You alright?" I say looking for a place to set her down "Um, in here." I lead her to the living room "Your daughter is meddling with something very dangerous, are you aware of that?" I ask Mrs. Madison as I sit buffy on the couch
"Uh, I don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh, I think you know only too well."
"You've got to go. She's gonna be home soon, and you..." I cut her off and pointed to buffy
"This girl is very sick." My anger becomes noticeable "Now you will shut up and you will listen to me! Your daughter has access to some very powerful magics, and somehow your obsession with cheerleading has made..." Mrs. Madison interrupts me upset
"I don't care about cheerleading! It's not my fault she's doing stuff."
"As her mother, you should assume some responsibility for her actions." She laughs
"Well, you know, these kids today! I..." she seems to calm down a bit before continuing "She's out of her mind. Ever since dad, her dad... left I can't control her."
"You're afraid of her?"
"Amy?" buffy asks Mrs. Madison and I both look at her at some point of our bickering she had gotten up "Are you, Amy?" I look back at Mrs. Madison confused
"I don't understand."
"She switched! She switched your bodies, didn't she?" Mrs. Madison or amy looks down at hearing this
"Good Lord!"
"She wanted to relive her glory days" amy looks back up and speaks
"She said I was wasting my youth. So she took it" she sat down as did I and buffy "I didn't know anything about her powers. I mean, when dad was here they would fight and yell and he would... call her a witch and... I mean, I would, just thought he meant... Oh, God, when he left I wanted to go with him. But she wouldn't even let me call. She went crazy, I mean, she'd lock herself upstairs for days, and she was always coming down on me, telling me I didn't deserve to have it so easy, and that I didn't know... how hard it was to be her, and... I guess she showed me, huh?" buffy takes her hand to help calm her down
"Amy, it's gonna be okay." She says
"A few months ago, I woke up in h... her bed! I didn't know where I was, and... then I looked in the mirror..." wait…
"She locked herself upstairs?" I ask
"Yes."
"Where?" she leads me to the attic "can you open it?" she shakes her head and I break the door down causing her to flinch we walk in and I start to look around
"Don't! If she finds out I've been here she'll kill me!" she says trying to stop me I ignore her and walk around the culdren to a rack with hanging dolls two of the dolls are bound together for the body-switching spell I take them in my hand.
"My God!" I exhale "I believe we can reverse your mother's spell. Well, all of them, in fact." I let go of the dolls
"You could? Really, you could?"
"We need to find her books. There'd be specific volumes she'd need for this kind of casting." I start to look around some more and spot a trunk walking over to it I quickly take the things off the top of it this must be where they are "Collect those dolls, and, uh, any other personal effects..." I start opening it and jump back as a black cat jumps out at me "Ah! Nice kitty..." I sigh calming down bloody cat "Let's see what you were guarding." I open the trunk again "Ah, yes!" I take out the book I need "This is it." We both gather everything else that's is needed up and head back downstairs to the living room
"Did we find?" buffy asks weekly
"We found. Come on." I help buffy off the couch she's gotten weaker
"But where are you going?" amy asks
"We're going to school." I realize buffy has gotten too weak to walk and pick her up "And you're coming with us."
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NO ONES POV
In the gym, the Sunnydale High basketball team comes through the doors and onto the court. Amy's mother is with the other cheerleaders clearly very happy to be there. Xander and Willow are in the stands, watching Amy's mother. Lelas waiting at the lab she sees giles carrying buffy and a woman following them she quickly goes over and takes buffy from Giles as he and the woman hurry in front of lela and open the door going in lela follows and clears off a table gently placing buffy down on it brushing some hair out of her face lightly
"you'll be ok…" Lela says more to herself than to buffy
"go stand guard," Giles tells lela. Lela nods and leaves the room closing the door behind her. Giles takes off his coat and speaks to buffy "I'm gonna stop this. I promise." Buffy looks up at him as He folds his coat and puts it under her head as a pillow. Her vision is blurred and she won't survive much longer. "You just hang on." Buffy can only moan in response. Giles goes to the box of books and other things amy has set on Dr. Gregory's bench and reaches in to get Amy's mother's spell book.
"How is she?" amy asks
"We only have a few minutes left," Giles replies hurrying
Back in the gym with amys mother Catherine Xander and willow. Catherine and the other Cheerleaders are cheering
"Go, Sunnydale go! Go, Sunnydale go! Go! Six, seven, eight! Go Sunnydale go! Go, Sunnydale go! Go, Sunnydale go! Go! Six, seven, eight! Go Sunnydale go! Go, Sunnydale go! Go, Sunnydale go! Go! Six, seven, eight! Go Sunnydale go! Go, Sunnydale go! Go, Sunnydale go! Go!"
Back in the science classroom amy is cutting an eye from a frog, and is very squeamish about it.
"Right! Here we go!" Giles says He starts to recite as he mixes a potion. "The center is dark. Centrum est obscurus. The darkness breathes. Tenebrae respiratis. The listener hears. Hear me!" in the gym Catherine stops chanting and looks startled. Her vision flashes to what Amy sees in the science lab, the book and the frog. After a bit, She's back in the gym and takes up the count again, but has a worried look on her face. In the lab, Giles is still chanting and amy is slightly surprised
"Oh, it's... it's working!" she says
Giles takes the book up from the table and reads. "Unlock the gate. Let the darkness shine. Cover us with holy fear." amy staggers back and covers her face. "Show me..." The lights go out in the classroom and lela looks behind her slightly getting more worried. in the gym, Some of the cheerleaders are lifting Catherine Once up she thrusts her fists into the air and gives the crowd a big smile. Her smile fades as she has another flash to the lab, where she gets a glimpse of Buffy. She comes back to the gym and begins to lose her balance. Xander and Willow watch as The cheerleaders supporting Amy struggle for control, but they collapse.
"Amy, what's your problem?" joy says angerly Catherine shoots her a dirty look and Joy is taken aback. Catherine gets up, looks around and runs from the gym. In the lab, Amy starts getting scared
"She's coming!" she says Giles looks at her worried
In the hall, Catherine violently pushes open a door but willow stops her
"Amy!" she says
"Get out of my way!" Catherine says
"W-wait! I-I-I need to talk to you, I-I can help you."
"Help me? With what?"
"Uh, well, y'know, all your witchcraft! I, I know this really good cauldron." Xander sneaks up behind Catherine "Do you actually ride a broom?" Catherine twists around, growls and holds out her hand like she's grabbing Xander's neck. His hand goes up to his throat. Catherine makes a fist and twists it. Which causes Xander to collapse to the floor choking. "Xander!" Catherine spins back around and punches Willow hard in the face, knocking her to the floor. She starts running to the lab. Back in the lab giles is holding up his arms and chanting.
"Corsheth and Gilail! The gate is closed! Receive the dark! Release the unworthy! Take of mine energy and be sated!" He plunges his hands into the mixture he's concocted.
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LELAS POV
I hear the door that comes into the hall slam open and see amy come out I growl at her don't change whatever you do don't change
"you're not getting through hear," I say to her
"move" she replies before I know it she at some point grabbed the fire ax from its case and swings it at me I grab it and wrestle with her for it she's stronger than she looks I kick her feet out from under her and yell loud enough for giles to hear me "GILES HURRY!" I throw the ax aside and try to keep my anger down I get ready to fight her but before I realize what's happened she's holding me up by the front of my shirt her face in mine
"my turn," she says my eyes widen
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NO ONES POV
Catherine throws lela threw the door causing lela to slam into the wall in the science room knocking her out. Cathrine picks the ax back up and walks in just as Giles finishes
"Release!" he yells Catherine walks straight to buffy and raises her ax "RELEEEEASE!" Giles yells once more causing Catherine to stop there's a flash of light and the spells are broken and amy and Catherine are back in their own bodies amy lowers the ax and looks around, a bit confused she steps back. Buffy gets her strength back and gets up from the table.
"Buffy?" amy asks
"Amy?" buffy asks without buffy knowing Catherine lunges at her from the side and tackles her to the floor, knocking her out. Giles advances, holding his arm out and pointing angerly.
"You... you..." Catherine growls and looks at him. She uses her powers to force him back and push a table against him, knocking him down and out. Amy just stands there watching, still holding the ax in both hands. Catherine gets up and confronts her.
"You! You little brat!" Catherine says Amy holds up the ax in defense
"Mom! Please!" Catherine holds out her hand and the ax flies from Amy's hands to hers.
"How dare you raise your hand to your mother! I gave you birth. I gave up my life so you could drag that worthless carcass around and call it living?" she swings the ax into a lab table "You've never been anything but trouble. I'm going to put you where you can't make trouble again!" buffy jumps up behind Catherine
"Guess what?" she says as Catherine turns to face her. "I feel better!" She punches Catherine, and she flies through the air, landing onto a lab table and rolls off, hitting a shelf full of bottles along the way. She quickly gets up. And so does lela dizzily she shakes her head and looks at buffy and smiles in relief that she's ok
"That body was mine! Mine!"
"Oh, grow up!" Catherine growls and holds her arm out toward Buffy and uses her powers to send her flying making her knock into Lela sending them both flying into a wall buffy gets back up craning her neck but Lela stays down. Catherine then begins to cast a spell.
"I shall look upon my enemy!" She looks up at Buffy, and her eyes have become pitch black. "I shall look upon her and the dark place will have her soul!" Buffy looks around for a way to stop her. She sees the pole holding up the mirror above her. "Corsheth, take her!" Buffy does a standing hook kick, knocking the pole out from under the mirror and letting it flop down. Catherine's spell leaps from her hands and is reflected by the mirror back at her. The spell envelops her and she screams. The energy twists around her and disappears with a roar, taking her with it. Buffy surveys the scene. To make sure everyone's ok Amy is badly shaken Giles is just coming back to consciousness on the floor and Lela who's also on the floor starts getting back up
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LELAS POV
I start getting back up rubbing the back of my head man that really hurt
"Well, that was, um, interesting," Giles says as Buffy gives him her hand and helps him up.
"You guys okay?" she asks I quickly give her my answer by hugging her tightly and she hugs back just as tight
"I thought I was going to lose you," I say hugging her tighter
"you're not getting rid of me that easily," she says Giles cuts into our hugging by speaking
"I assume the, uh, all the spells are reversed. It was my first casting, so..." he inhales and me and buffy stop hugging each other "I may have got it wrong."
"You saved my life! You were a god!"
"Well, I didn't think you'd pull it off," Amy said Suddenly Xander comes rushing in and grabs Amy tightly.
I got her! I got her! Cut her head off lela!" he yells to me
"Xander, what are you doing?" buffy asks
"Saving you?"
"Get your hands off of her."
"But she's evil."
"It wasn't exactly her," Giles says
"I was my mom," Amy adds
"Oh!" Xander says releasing her just then Willow comes running in wielding a bat.
"Where is she?!" she asks
"Uh, hey Willow! It's cool!"
"It is?"
"Yeah, I took care of it." everyone just looks at each other and I shake my head
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I yawn and get out of buffys bed and see her scooping up her smashed alarm clock
"finally up sis?" buffy asks and I nod
"mhm" she puts it into her wastebasket we both look to the door as mom comes in
"I don't get it." She says I decide to get up and walk to my room to get dressed and just let them talk when I get to my room I open my closet and get a black t-shirt my grey hoodie and jeans and put them on quickly then gathered all my school stuff up waiting by the door for buffy after a while she comes out and smiles at me
"ready?" she asks
"yup" I answer and we both leave for school
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Buffy Amy and I are walking down the hall chatting
"My dad is so impossible! He doesn't ever want me going anywhere! He wants to spend total quantity time together. And I'm like Dad, I can go out, it's perfectly safe! But he's got all this guilt about leaving me with my mom. And he's being a total pain." Amy says and I giggle
"You're loving it," I say
"Every single minute." Amy says happily "This Saturday night he wants to stay in and make brownies. Well, the brownies were my idea." Cordelia's voice suddenly comes up behind us
"Hey, I'm really sorry you guys got bumped back to alternate." She reconsiders what she says then stops in front of us smirking "Hold it, wait... No, I'm not!"
"Well, I know that I'll miss the intellectual thrill of spelling out words with my arms," Amy says
"Ooo, these grapes are sour!" buffy Amy and I stop at the trophy case while Cordelia continues down the hall
"Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot that you wanted to be on the squad."
"Oh, hey, that's okay. Cheerleading's just a little too hairy for me these days." Amy takes a breath
"That's for sure." Amy looks at the picture "Catherine the Great."
"And there's been no sign of her?"
"That last spell... She said I'd never make trouble again. Wherever she is I don't think we'll have to worry." We all look at the trophy
"Twisted," Buffy says then they turn starting to leave
"I'm just happy to have my body back. I'm thinking of getting fat."
"Y'know, I hear that look's in for spring." Buffy looks back at me "hey you coming" I simply shake my head
"no, I have a promise to cash up on" I answer she laughs knowing what I'm talking about and leaves with amy I suddenly hear some mumbling its really faint I turn my head to where it's coming from. It's coming from…the…tropy? I take a closer look and see that its eyes are moving I take a step away from it "so this is where your spell took you" I lean close to it glaring and the eyes stare back at me "serves you right" I say coldly then go to leave I can hear more mumbling before I get out of earshot and to be honest, I do feel slightly sorry for her. I shake my head taking my thoughts off of it and start sniffing around and smirk as I catch Xander's scent following it I turn down a few hallways and find him at a vending machine "so keeping your promise Xander?"I ask hopefully he turns around
"yup see im a man of my word" he hands me a few dollars and I smile
"thank you" I say chipperly and get my well-deserved chocolate bars this is a perfect way for my next class to start with lots of chocolatey goodness.
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hey sorry for this taking so long I lost a bit of my progress on it and had to start over also im to lazy to put disclamer again so ill put it off and on also I have a quotev that has this on there to that's pretty much it I might work on some other storys or work on next chapter not sure yet see ya