No pov.
Cordelia was staring intently at the young slayer in front of her. She turned to glare at Buffy and the others one las time before turning back to Faith.
Cordelia pov.
Is this what it feels like to be a big sister? To want to hurt the people who hurt her? To want to kill her father and if she were alive her mother? Yes? Well then I guess its official. They've hurt Faith and they are on my dislike list. Actually they are on my dislike with a strong passion list. I turn back to them angrily.
"You had better hope and pray she is alright because if she isn't I will kill you." I say in a low deadly voice. They look down ashamed. All except for Tara, Anya, and Xander. From what I hear they are the only ones who tried to help her. To them I am more than grateful because they at least tried. Giles just sat back and let this happen. Willow instigated it. And Buffy and Riley are the ones who did it. But they don't matter.
"Faith?" I say turning back to her. Still no answer. I know better than to try and go in there but I can just hope she's ok.
Faith pov.
I'm sittin here not movin. The only movement I'm makin is breathin. I'm not even blinkin. S'all right though. I'm thinkin. Bout everythin. The past, my ex watcher, my possible future, the family I have. Its all alright. It wasn't before but it will be. Right now I remember all the jabs that I got over the years.
'Faith you should be more like Buffy summers.' my watcher used to say.
All the days collided
One less perfect than the next
I was stuck inside someone else's life and always second best
Oh, I love you now 'cause now I realize
That it's safe outside to come alive in my identity
'Faith you'll never be good enough for more than the projects. You'll always be a whore like that mother of yours.' my god brother used to say.
So if you're listening
There's so much more to me you haven't seen
Living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
'You don't get it you killed a man!' B said.
'you must understand, you have committed a crime that must be dealt with accordingly. I can not and will not help you and neither can the others. You must handle this on your own.' Giles said when I went to him.
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
Living in a nightmare
A never-ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake
Then I can finally see
Don't feel sorry for me
'Faith you killed somebody?! What the hell?! Dude you gotta turn yourself in and hope dad doesn't find out.' my sister said when I called her for advice.
Mother, sister, father, sister, mother
Every thing's cool now
Mother, sister, father, sister, mother
Every thing's cool now
'I've been lookin for you for years. Are you ok? What happened?' my brother asked before I broke down. 'shh its ok, I'm here now.' he soothed me.
'too late I'm worried. Talk to me' Cordy said that night so many months ago. 'like it or not we're family. You're stuck with us so get used to it.' she said a few weeks ago.
Oh, my life is good
I've got more than anyone should
Oh, my life is good
And the past is in the past
'it'll be hard but it'll be worth it.' Angel said before I left.
'Buffy will always be better than you.' I remember Riley sayin one time.
I was living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
I'm living in a new day
I'm living it for me
And now that I am wide awake
Then I can finally see
So don't feel sorry for me
Don't feel sorry, don't feel sorry for me
but that's ok. I'm finally realizin what Cordy's been tryin'a tell me. I'm me and that makes me good enough. Not second best.
"I will not calm down! She isn't responding to anything! You've fucked this up and I sw-" I cut Cordy off.
"C. Don't. I'm fine." I say lookin up. She turns around with pure relief on her face.
"Faith! Oh my goodness. Are you ok sweetie?" she asks kneelin down in fron'a me again. I saw her the first time.
"Yeah Queenie I'm 5x5." I say getting up steppin outta the closet. She moves back and looks at me. I know what she wants and I can't help but smile at the way she's real respectful of my personal space. I reach out and give her a hug. "We'll talk later." I whisper in her ear. She nods and lets me go. She was sqeezin me real tightly and surprisingly I didn't feel suffocated.
"Faith, look I'm sorry I didn't know you had such a 'major fear' please accept my sincerest apologies." Red says and I can hear the sarcasm in her voice. I feel Cordy tense up and I have to stop her.
"No worries Red. S'all 5x5." I say.
"Fa-" C starts.
"Don't C. leave it as is." she don't wanna but she does. We hear someone come in.
"Hey guys what ar- ohmigawd Faith! Hey!" Dawn squeals. She runs towards me and it takes everythin in my power not to tense up and scare her. She gives me a brief hug, cus one time I told her I didn't like hugs.
"Hey D." I say.
"I missed you so much Faith. Are you back for good? Where are you staying? Is she your girlfriend?" she asks the questions quickly.
"Missed ya too, no I'm not back for good, I'm stayin at Fang's old mansion, and no she's not my girlfriend she's my best friend." I say. She nods.
"Hey I'm Dawn, her first bestest friend." she says. Aint she too cute. Cordelia just smiles.
"Well it is an honor to meet the first best friend." she says shakin Dawn's hand.
"So anyway we need to start discussin what's goin on." I say.
"Fine." B says walkin back into the main part of the shop. The rest of us follow behind shortly.
"So, what's been goin on so far?" I ask sittin down with Cordy standin behind my chair and Dawn sittin beside me.
"Glory whirled in wantin some kind of key. We don't know what it is or where it is." she says.
"She's a hell god. This key is supposed to open a portal to get her home. She's mega powerful and she could beat a slayer with her eyes closed. Blond, bad perm, 5 foot 5 or somethin, true form is butt ugly and she's persistent." I add in.
"How do you know all of this?" B asks. I think.
"Um...honestly I don't know."say. Now that I think about it I really don't know how I know. Just do.
"Alright. So Faith tonight you'll patrol and see if you can get information out of some vampires." B says. I start lookin around tryin to figure out who this Faith is she's tellin what to do.
"Since when?" I ask.
"Since Buffy said so." Giles says.
"Oh well no I'm not." I say.
"Faith, you must understand that if you are going to be working with us you are needed to follow orders." Giles says.
"And you gotta understand, I'm not patrolling tonight." I say.
"Why not?" Riley asks.
"Got things ta do." I say with a shrug.
"What could be more important than doing what you're needed to do?" B asks.
"History paper I have to work on. I gotta get started on research tonight and I'll start researchin glory too." I say.
"History paper?" Giles asks.
"Yeah I'm at UCLA studying culinary arts and history." I say. They look shocked.
"You went back to school?" Dawn asks.
"Yep." I say proudly. She beams at me.
"Congratulations Faith." Xander says.
"Thanks x-man." he offers me a small smile.
"You can't have him. Xander is my boyfriend." That Anya chick says. I smirk.
"Trust me he isn't my type." I say.
"Good." she says.
"So does ms. Summers know about what's going on?" I ask.
"No. why would she need to know?" beefstick asks.
"Cus you said so yourself you don't know what the key is, I think she should be on guard just like the rest of us." I say.
"Nobody asked what you thought." Red says icily.
"Don't mean I'm gonna keep my opinions to myself. I'm in this like the rest of you and I'm not gonna sit back and take orders. I'm givin my opinions just like you do." I say back just as coldly.
"You should just take orders like you're good at. You're not the slayer, you're back up. You need to accept that." beefstick.
"No I'm not. I'm not gonna sit back and be a shadow anymore. If you wanna be technical about things Buffy aint the slayer. She lost that title when she stopped breathin bout four years ago. If she dies nobody else will be called. When I die they will which makes me THE slayer. I'm no better than her just like she aint no better than me. We're all equal in this. All of us, includin Joyce and Dawn deserve to know what's goin on so they can protect themselves better. Now you need to shut the fuck up and accept that. Speakin of people deservin to know the truth, Cordelia isn't there somethin they need to know." I say. She looks at me like somebody stole her puppy.
"Bu-" she starts.
"No. tell them." I say. She sighs.
"Alright. So I had this vision that Buffy died, I'm not sure how but she did and then it jumped to her being brought back to life. When she was brought back a major evil with her. Now as much as it pains me to say this, it wasn't Buffy's fault. It was willow's. Wait that doesn't pain me. Anyway, Faith is needed to keep that from happening." she says.
"You had a vision?" Red asks incredulously.
"That sounds a hell of a lot like what I said." cor says.
"Wow." Dawn says.
"Yeah. Anything else?" I ask.
"No that's it." Buffy says.
"Good. I'll see you guys tomorrow." I say getting up. Cordy and Dawn get up with me.
"Faith wait!" I hear. I turn and see Tara, Xander and Anya rushin towards us.
"Yeah?" I ask.
"I never properly introduced you too." he says motionin towards Anya.
"Ok." I say.
"Faith this is Anya. Anya this is Faith the other slayer." he says. "Oh! Wait! I didn't mean it like that. I-" he starts.
"Its ok X. nice to meet ya." I say shakin her hand. When our hands touch I start to see flashes I don't remember ever happenin.
-me runnin to a man I don't recognize callin him daddy.
-me playin with a puppy I never had.
-my brother laughin while chasin me around as a little kid.
-'daddy' tellin me one day this was goin ta be mine one day. I look around and it looks like some kinda castle or somethin.
-somebody takin me from my daddy's arms.
-me bein born.
I pull back and gasp. She does too. She looks at me and shakes her head.
"You're Michael's daughter." she says. I shake my head.
"No my daddy's name is Alejandro." she shakes her head.
"No. no I know you, you're Damian's sister." I nod.
"Y-yeah that's my big brother. On my dad's side." she looks at me.
"Oh my goodness. You're Satan's daughter." she says. Ya know for some reason everything goes dark.
Cordelia pov.
Satan's daughter? What the hell? Faith can't be- oh crap she fainted.
"What are you talking about?" I ask that Anya chick.
"She's his daughter. I didn't mean to scare her." she says. She seems sincere.
"I-Its ok. Just...somebody help me get her to the mansion." I say. Xander picks her up and carries her the whole way. "Here put her in my room." I say.
"Will she be ok?" Tara asks. I nod.
"Yes. She just needs a little sleep. We'll talk to you guys tomorrow." I say. They say their good nights and leave. I lay down beside her, careful not to smother her. I lay there awake for a while. Right before I drift off to sleep I feel her curl up to my side. I drift off to sleep wonderin what the hell this means for her.
Ok so I'm pretty sure I read another story where Faith was Satan's daughter. I'm not sure where and if you're the author please let me know so I can give you credit. Well now you know why Anya and Faith look so familiar to each other. Review please and let me know what you think. the song is Shadow by Ashlee Simpson