Author's note: I have included two original characters in this last and final chapter. One of them I created from my personality. If you can guess which one describes me I'll give you a :) or a cookie. I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. It was my first multiple chapter fic.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters. All credit is given to Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and Jeff Davis and Mtv. The only things that I own are the two original characters and the story idea.
"Slayers! I am so sick of them and their duty to fight the forces of darkness!" A petite girl with coffee colored skin spits out. Her Dark hair is short cropped to her neck and she's wearing a white V-neck t-shirt with shorts and black vans on her feet.
"Is someone jealous, that they weren't chosen?" A man approaches. He's in his mid-30's with short hair and the same skin complexion as the girl. He's wearing a tight black shirt, jeans and boots on his feet.
"No! Yes!" The girl rattles off again pacing back and forth in their apartment. "I don't get it, brother. I was a potential, but when the spell was cast, nothing happened to me." She says pouting.
"Katherine, you can't keep getting upset over things that are meant to happen. The powers have spared you a lifetime of loss." The man says trying to placate her.
"I know, Andrew. I just-I just wanted to help." Katherine turns to one of the big bay windows in their apartment wishing she could do something. "It's like mom and Dad died for nothing." She mutters sadly. "They gave their lives for what? For a baby that was never meant to be born in the first place, just to carry out a normal life!" Her tone rising again with anger. She didn't want to blame the slayers, but they were the closest corporeal beings to the powers and she wanted to get revenge by tearing them to pieces.
"Kat. Look at me." Her older brother starts trying to resolve the situation before it gets out of hand. "Mom and Dad died trying to protect you not because who you were fated to become, but because they needed you to live if they couldn't." He finishes both hands on her shoulders looking into his sisters hazel eyes.
"I-I know, okay? I know. I just- I want to have power or at least feel powerful." Katherine finishes tears leaking down her cheeks, her voice hoarse from grief, from everything that has ever bothered her in life.
"I can help you feel powerful, but hurting those girls or the slayers is no way to do it. How about tomorrow I help you train some more and I will teach you everything that I know?" Andrew says his voice compromising with hope that this would give his sister peace and stop her vendetta.
Katherine stares at him for a moment mulling over everything he's saying to her. She wants to give up her one woman crusade, but she can't. She regains composure and gives him a halfhearted, "Sounds good." As an answer, she gives Andrew a quick hug before walking into her room. When she closes the door she starts to plan.
After doing hours of research, Katherine learns that the two younger girls that she saw with the slayers tonight are from a small town up North called Beacon Hills and that they were connected to a string of "Animal" attacks in that area. She supplies a laugh at the use of the media's "Animal" attacks and wonders how people can be so stupid.
Going through the books that her now deceased watcher has given her, she learns of a way to become a slayer too; but she's going to need the help of a witch to do so. Katherine thinks real hard about any witches in the area and in an instant a light bulb goes off and she finds her answer, "Willow Rosenberg." Of course, how did she not think of it before? It couldn't have been more perfect. The witch that made the potentials slayers will be the one to make her one as well.
With that revelation she continues to plan all night well into the early morning, going over the plan again and again in her head. Getting under the covers of her bed a wicked smile on her face, "What could go wrong?" She asks the quiet room before she turns on her side to let sleep overcome her.
Waking up with a start, Lydia shakes Allison's sleeping form. She is given a grunt before her girlfriends brown eyes open up.
"Baby, what's wrong?" The taller girl asks now fully awake.
"A girl, she's going to try to take Willow. We have to tell the others." The shorter girl replies.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get the others." Allison says now standing up in front of the bed offering Lydia a hand. The other girl takes it and the two jut off up the stairs to warn the others.
After sundown, Katherine makes her way toward the Summer's residence. She is the perfect picture of a woman on a mission, well if that woman were to be 17. She kick pushes herself on her skateboard and stops in front of 1630 Revello Drive.
Taking a .45 out of the back of her jeans, she puts her board in the bushes noting to come back for it later because it cost her 300 bucks. Wearing a determined look, Katherine scales the house expertly until she finds an open window and rolls into it.
She stands and dusts herself off just in time to see an older girl with brown curls and a tank top with jeans walk into the room crossbow in hand. "Hey B, we got a live one." She wears a smile that says, "Try it and I'll kill you before you kill me." Katherine drops her gun to the carpeted floor. When the .45 hits the ground a shot sounds off in the room, Katherine hits the ground and so does Faith.
Katherine awakes to the sound of voices around her. Her vision is slightly blurred and she feels a faint burning in her leg and her arms feel constricted by what she thinks is rope.
"What kind of idiot shoots themselves with the gun that they plan to use on someone else?" A young redhead fumes from her place on the couch.
"Looks like the girl is awake maybe she can answer your question." A tall brunette walks toward Katherine a bow in hand ready to pull if there is any sign of danger.
"So mystery skater girl, what do you want with our Willow?" the young redhead speaks walking toward her, she doesn't have a weapon, but her presence is very intimidating.
"W-Willow Rosenberg. She needs to make me like the others." Katherine chokes out of dry lips.
"Katherine is it? If you keep silently threatening to kill me, my girlfriend or anyone else in this house I will see to it that you not even look human anymore understood." The small redhead states.
Great, I come here to get a witch and end up getting captured by a small fry and her butch girlfriend.
"Oh sweety, my Alli is nowhere near butch. If you insult her mentally again I will rip your throat out with my bare hands." Lydia tsks out. "Oh by the way I'm Lydia and trust me, you are out of your league." She finishes with a knowing smirk.
"How did you? Are you a witch too?" Katherine asks. It was weird having someone read her mind.
"Nope, not a witch and seeing as you have a thing for getting the supernatural to do things for you. I won't disclose that information to you." Lydia smirks again going to Allison's side to whisper something in her ear. Allison nods and walks out of the room silently telling Lydia to call her if she needs help.
"Now, I can give you what you want only if you promise to do what the creed of the slayer asks of you." Lydia says standing in front of Katherine.
"I promise. I just wanted to help." Katherine says sincerely.
"Hmm, it's not yet a lie, but it's also not the truth." Lydia states gears running in her head. "You wanted to hurt Faith and Buffy for something that they have no control over." Connecting the dots without having to read the other girls head.
A new voice sounds in the room, "I hate to say it, but she didn't succeed. Now what do we do with her little red?" Faith walks in bravado in her hips.
"I say we give her what she wants, but only limited." Lydia says coming to a conclusion.
"Won't she be able to carry out her plan?" In walks Buffy arms crossed in a defensive stance.
"Not if I do the spell with a few added ticks, it may be challenging, but I can do it." Willow waltzes in with Dawn and Allison.
"Then after she does the spell, I can harness the extra energy and metaphorically close her power cell like I did the hellmouth." Lydia finishes proudly.
"Sounds good enough for me." Allison agrees.
"Yup, she'll get what she wants but she won't be able to take us out." Faith supplies a satisfied smile on her lips.
Willow and Lydia gather the contents for spell, while the others set the candles. It takes some time, but between Willow and Lydia the spell goes better than the group would've hoped.
When they finish, Faith and Buffy untie Katherine and give her the whole slayer spiel. After, their long, but not long explanation and guidelines a knock sounds at the front door.
"It's her brother." Lydia shouts from the living room.
Allison opens the door.
"Hello, I'm sorry to bother you, but I think my sister Katherine is here." Andrew starts trailing off. He pushes Allison only for him to be thrown onto his back a foot planted on his chest. He gives her a sign of surrender, but she stays unmoving.
"Artemis." He whispers. "You're her parallel, aren't you?" He asks from his place on the floor.
"Depends on who is asking." Pulling a dagger from her back pocket getting ready to strike.
"Allison!" Lydia shouts from the living room. "It's okay he is the one of Zeus!"
Removing her foot from his sternum, she holds a hand out to him with an apologetic look.
"It's alright I would've done the same thing." Andrew offers Allison a smile while he dusts himself off.
"So, she won't be of any harm to any of you?" Andrew asks from his place next to Katherine's sleeping form.
"Nope, we gave her what she wanted, but we also gave her a supernatural clean up." Willow says with a smile.
"Thank you." He says to the whole group. "Thank you for sparing her and healing her pain." He finishes a grateful look on his face.
"Don't thank us it was Lydia that came up with the idea." Buffy says from across the room.
"I just took the philosophical approach and used an actual power source instead of a metaphorical one." Lydia supplies nonchalantly.
"I see. You must be Nox's parallel." Andrew says looking at Lydia a knowing smile on his lips. "When the great battle is to take place, I will be on your side." He says picking up Katherine's still sleeping form making his way towards the foyer. "Until then, enjoy the rest of your summer ladies and have a safe trip back to Beacon Hills you two." He says before leaving the Summer's residence.
"Well, that was a job well done." Allison yawns wrapping her arms around Lydia's form.
"I couldn't have said it better myself." Faith adds to her sister's statement taking Buffy's hand in her own and intertwining their fingers.
"I agree, but we are only touching the tip of a very large iceberg my friends." Dawn chimes in shoving her hands into her pockets.
"Whatever comes our way, we can stop it." Will says from Dawns side.
"And if we can't, I don't think it'll hurt to call some help from our friends." Lydia finishes with a smile.
The group rejoices in one another's presence then disbands for much needed sleep.
Lying together after the heat of their love making, Allison and Lydia bask in everything that has happened to them as individuals and as a couple.
"Do you really think we'll be okay?" Lydia asks snuggling against Allison's chest.
"We'll be more than okay. We'll be perfect." Allison answers giving Lydia a kiss to the crown of her head.
"This summer has been so eventful, that I don't want to go back to school, to Beacon Hills, to the pack." Lydia thinks out loud.
"Me neither, but we have to. Our lives are there or at least for the rest of our high school careers. Then we can do whatever we want when we graduate, okay?" Allison replies, a hand now running through Lydia's hair.
"I can't wait to start my life with you, Allison Argent." Lydia shifts further on her side to give the taller girl a kiss.
"Me neither, Lydia Martin. You are my universe." Allison gives the other girl a passionate kiss intertwining their legs. "Ready for round two, lover?" kissing along Lydia's clavicle.
"Always." Fisting her fingers into Allison's chocolate locks.
The pair continues their stay at the Summer's home bonding with Willow, Faith, Buffy and Dawn. By the time it is time for them to depart Sunnydale and head back to Beacon Hills, they drag their feet until Chris Argent calls Allison's phone and politely threatens to come down there and drive the girls home himself.
"I guess this is goodbye then." Allison starts looking her older sister in her matching brown eyes. She's amazed that one box brought all of them together and even helped everyone to discover themselves.
"Not a goodbye mini-me, a see you later." Faith brings her into a hug. Pulling away from the younger girls arms, "Besides, we can high tail it down there as fast as we can if need be."
"I'm gonna miss you guys." Lydia says pulling Willow, Dawn and Buffy into a group hug.
"We'll miss you too." They chime back.
"If you ever want to come try northern small town life, don't hesitate to visit." Lydia waves goodbye to the group picking up the last of her things.
"Hey little red, take care of my little sis. Little sis take care of dad. He might not say it, but he needs you just as much as you need him." Faith says a departing tone in her voice.
"Will do." The two girls say together.
With their belongings gathered, the couple makes their way to the front door only to pass a man in his mid-20's and an older man in his late 40's. "Bye Xander, bye Mr. Giles." The girls say as they pass them on their way out of the Summer's home.
"Uh, bye." The men offer back. Before hearing the front door click shut, car doors slam and an engine speeding off down the road.
"Who was that?" Xander asks the group.
"Long story!" The women shoot back happy to see Xander and Giles