The new slayers had all arrived on time to training today out in the Courtyard. Every single one of the hundreds of girls staying at the castle were out there waiting, and talking about what could possibly be said by Mr. Giles. Not a single one of them wanted to miss what Buffy and Mr. Giles were going to have to say about what happened in Los Angeles. They were all incredibly curious, especially the girls who had gone with on the rescue mission. While the girls who had gone with had been warned not to say anything, they had been unable to keep their mouths completely shut. It hadn't taken long before there were rumors going around the castle that there were vampires in the castle, and that people had been killed during the mission. Soon every girl in the whole castle wanted to know what had happened. As the slayers poured out into the courtyard for training they were more talkative than usual. Each one of them speculating, and each on of them had their own theories as to what they were going to be told that afternoon. Some of the girls thought that they would be told everything that took place in Los Angeles, while others were convinced that there was going to be some big conspiracy to cover up what had occurred.
"Hey Sarah! Have you heard anything about what they're going to say tonight. I've been hearing all sorts of things. I even heard that there was a vampire that they brought back with them." One of the girls said to her friend.
"You're reading too much into this Julie. Why would they go and bring a vampire here? It makes no sense!" Sarah told her friend. "Why wouldn't they just stake any vampire they found?"
"They probably wanted to question it or something, and then they'll kill it." Another girl added as she walked up next to Sarah and Julie.
"Why would they do that, Caty? That would just be a bad idea. Vampires are evil; it would just lie about what happened anyway. Besides, they probably already know what happened, they just aren't saying anything yet." Julie explained.
"Why wouldn't they tell us what happened? I can't think of a good reason not too. If we knew what was going on, then maybe we could help." Sarah suggested.
"They don't need are help. They probably haven't told us so that we don't worry. Besides I heard it wasn't just any vampire that they found in Los Angeles." Said Caty "I heard it was a master vampire."
"Yeah, well I'm not sure I believe that." Julie told her friends. "First of all, why would they bring a master vampire back here? It's just not safe, and Second of all, the rumors around this place have blown this way out of proportion. I've had at least three different people name six different vampires that were brought back. It was like they were trying to name everyone from our vampire history class. Let's see… there was the Master, who's dead, Darla, also dead, Dracula, Kakistos again dead, Angelus, Drusilla, and Spike. I also heard something about Antonio Banderas, but I think that one was just wishful thinking. Also considering that Buffy herself has seen all but three of those vampires burst into dust right in front of her, I'm pretty sure that there has been a little exaggeration going on."
"I still don't think they'd bring a vampire of any kind back here to begin with. Mr. Giles made it perfectly clear that vampires are evil and are not to be trusted. He even said that there are some vampires out there who pretend to be good, so we have to be especially careful." Sarah explained. She had spent all of her time since being called as a Slayer with Mr. Giles in England until a few months ago when Los Angeles had disappeared. That was when all of the girls had been brought to the headquarters in Scotland along with their respective leaders. Since Mr. Giles was a former watcher he had been a good teacher for Sarah and her commerades. He had been careful to give them a detailed history of vampires making sure to include all of the important ones.
"I've heard about the "good vampires' too." Caty added. " Although Andrew explained it differently. He said there were vampires that had souls, and had actually helped them save the world before, but that they still couldn't be completely trusted because they were still vampires. Of course I didn't believe him, so when I got transferred to Chicago I asked Rona about these supposedly 'good vampires'. After all, I didn't want to accidentally stake one if they were going to help us save the world. She told me not to worry about it. She said that she only knew of one vampire with a soul, and that he had helped them stop the first and actually trained with them in Sunnydale, but that he had died saving the world." Unlike Sarah, Caty had been moved around a few times since becoming a slayer. She had started her training with Mr. Giles, but had been moved to Rome to work with Andrew when some trouble arouse in the ancient city. Soon after that Andrew had to leave to run an errand for Mr. Giles so a lot of his slayers had been transferred to other cities including Caty. She had been moved to Chicago to work with Rona, where she had stayed until they had all come to Scotland.
"I haven't heard anything along those lines. The only vampires that I've heard of are the evil kind. I didn't even here about the one from Sunnydale. Although the idea of Buffy or the otheres actually working with a vampire seems preposterous to me. Especially since Robyn's mother was killed by a vampire." Julie told them. She had been living in Cleveland working with Robyn Wood and occasionally Faith, although they hardly ever saw Faith after she and Robyn broke up. Faith hardly ever said a word to any of the girls that she worked with and a couple of months ago had even left Cleveland altogether. Julie hadn't actually met Buffy or Mr. Giles until a few months ago when they had all been brought to Scotland. She didn't always like the way the elder slayer treated Robyn, but she still had great respect for her.
"Did Andrew or Rona ever give you the name of this 'good vampire'?" Sarah asked Caty.
"No, neither of them ever gave me any names no matter how much I begged. Although I seem to recall Rona making a comment along the lines of 'you wouldn't believe me if I told you." Caty explained.
"Oh guys! Shhhh! Here comes Mr. Giles!" Julie said excitedly. Every single one of the hundreds of girls in the courtyard turned to look over at the door to the castle as Mr. Giles and a few of the others paraded out into the Courtyard. Every girl held there breathes expectantly. They knew that they were in for an interesting time.