Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Slayers.

FYI: this hasn't been beta'd so there are probably some mistakes. Tell me what you think about my explanation of Slayer magic. If it's confusing just leave me a review or PM I'll try to answer any questions. Oh and tell me what you think about the fight scene at the end. It didn't turn out quite like I wanted it so any feedback you give me would be great.

"Hey Giles, mind if I borrow that book?"

"What uh y-yes I suppose you can it is after all just an introduction to the rest of the series; however, there are some basic spells in their so be careful when casting them. Nothing in that book should be dangerous," Giles said looking up from the book they were discussing.

"Great thanks a lot for this G-man," Xander said before he grabbed the book and ran out of the library.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Ugh stupid alarm clocks it's too early for this, Xander thought as he turned off his clock that read 8:00 A.M. Why am I getting up this early on a Saturday? Then he saw the little book sitting on his desk across the room.

Oh that's right today I'm actually going to start to become a Sorcerer. Jesse I wish you were here you would love this.

Xander got up and went about his normal morning routine shower, get dressed, breakfast, and finally brush teeth. When he was finished he looked at the clock, it was only 9 o'clock, and he was ready to get started. Yesterday if someone had told him he would be up this early on a Saturday to study he would have thought they were crazy but here he was Xander Harris in his room about to study a book. Sure it was a book on magic but it's still studying.

Okay so let's see what the real Lina Inverse has to say about Sorcery. With that Xander started reading.

So you want to be a Sorcerer huh? Well I doubt you have what it takes to be even a third rate sorcerer but I'll attempt to give you some basic magical knowledge.

Man the people that made the show really captured Lina's personality, he thought.

The first thing that you need to know about Sorcery is that it's broken down into three different types of magic. White magic is generally focused on healing or purifying. White magic gains its power from celestial being or gods unfortunately because of this only priests or priestesses can use the highest levels of White Magic. Most people can cast the basic healing spells but they will always be stronger for devout followers of a deity. The second category of sorcery is Black Magic. Black Magic is commonly referred to as battle magic. It is the magic that I use most often and draws its power from demon lords and chaos. My favorite spell the Dragon Slave calls upon the powers of the Demon Lord Shabranigdo to power the spell. Black Magic unlike White Magic does not require you to pledge allegiance to the demon you call upon. The final category of sorcery is Shamanism. Shamanism calls upon different spirits to fuel the spell. It is the second most powerful battle magic and tends to be more useful indoors as it's not as destructive as Black magic. Shamanism magic deals with nature spirits and the astral plane.

Each magic has its own strengths and weaknesses and limitation. To become and effective Sorcerer the first thing you must do after learning the basics of sorcery is to pick a branch of magic to specialize in. Be warned though there are consequences to choosing to specialize in a particular branch. If you choose to specialize in White magic you will have to find a Deity to devote yourself to and deal with all of those consequences. Unfortunately because of the conflicting natures of Deities and Demon Lords if you specialize in White magic you will only be able to cast the basic Black magic and it will always be relatively weak. The same is true if you specialize in Black magic. While you don't have to dedicate your life to a Demon Lord you will only have access to the very basic White magic. Myself I am unable to cast anything besides the most basic recovery spell and even then it is extremely weak. While Shamanistic magic is compatible with both White and Black magic it has its own drawbacks. Shamanistic magic requires a certain connection to nature to cast the spells effectively.

Each sorcerer has a baseline potential for the different magic's. This means that you have a certain aptitude for specific branches of magic. This does not mean that you can't learn a discipline of magic if you don't have the aptitude for it. It just means that you will have to work harder to learn that particular discipline of magic. To determine your baseline I have provided a spell below it is mainly a meditation exercise so even a beginner can't screw it up.

Sure enough at the bottom of the page were instructions on how to enter a meditative state. After that it was just a matter of calling forth your magic into a ball in your hands a simple chant and the colors would tell you the rest. It seemed simple enough and since it wasn't technically a spell Xander didn't feel like bothering Giles to get his permission.

Seeing as it was almost lunchtime and wanting to get out of his house and get some fresh air Xander decided to grab a burger and try the exercise in the park.

The Park

Hmm say what you will about the other fast food joints but the burgers at Double Meat Palace just taste better. Xander had just finished his lunch and was now looking for the perfect spot to meditate. It had to be secluded so no one saw any magic and it had to be relaxing and with the sun out today Xander found the shade produced by a large Willow tree relaxing. The boulders blocking people's view of him and the bubbling stream were also major bonuses in his books.

"Ok the book says that I need to focus and relax to let all outside awareness disappear until I'm surrounded by a black void then I need to focus inward and find my 'spark of magic'," he said out loud.

So Xander closed his eyes and sat in a lotus position (Because that's what he's seen on TV) and focused on nothing. Then he heard some kids playing tag, so he started over. He focused on breathing and letting go of all of his thoughts and emotions. Then he heard a car backfire. Xander was so started that he had to start over. Deep breaths in and out in and out ignore the fly, he thought to himself. Finally after a few more tries he got fed up.

"Darn it why can't I get this right its stupid meditation for crying out loud," he said. "Okay one more time then I'll get Giles to help me out."

Deep breaths in and out in and out let the world fall away let you thought disappear. After a few minutes Xander was calm and started to fall into the meditative state that the book told him about. Now I have to focus inward and find my 'spark' he thought. Slowly the void fell away it felt like he was zooming in on his body he was getting closer and closer until when it look like he was going to run into his chest it seemed to ripple until he passed through it. He traveled deeper and deeper until he saw a speck of light. That tiny speck is my magic guess I won't make that great of a sorcerer anyway, he thought to himself, but then he realized that he was still traveling and the speck was getting bigger.

When he finally reached his magic he was shocked. That tiny speck tuned out to be the size of a large beach ball that was constantly pulsing and growing bigger and smaller. It was a swirling mass of light all white's and pale yellows. Standing in front of it Xander felt a soothing heat and a sense of comfort coming from it.

Okay so I can see my magic but how do I draw it out into my hands or form a ball of it. Should I even touch it or just will it to happen. Oh well here goes nothing. With that Xander stuck his hand into the ball of magic.

He knew immediately that that probably wasn't the best idea. His magic acted like a water balloon that had just been stuck with a needle. Magic seemed to wash everywhere. Xander could actually feel it filling up his body travelling through his veins to reach every part of his body. When it finally all settled down he felt that a lot of magic concentrated in his head, heart, and surprisingly his groin, unfortunately the magic washing over his body snapped him out of his meditation.

"Whoa head rush," he said to himself.

Once Xander finally settled down he began to notice that he could still feel the magic running through his body. It was warm and comforting and made him feel alive. Then he looked up and realized that he must have been meditating for a while because it was dark. It was dark and he was alone in Sunnydale. There was something about that statement that should be worrying him. It was dark in Sunnydale and he was alone. Then he heard a growl and it clicked it was dark in Sunnydale and he was a lone with no Slayer there to protect him from the things that go bump in the night and he had now weapons.

Now normally Xander wouldn't have taken so long to figure this out but the meditation combined with the rush of magic throughout his system left him extremely relaxed and slightly drowsy. Also understandable is that he had no weapons on him because he wasn't planning on staying in the park for more than a couple of hours so why would he need weapons. All of this added together left a bleak picture for Xander Harris.

When Xander tried to jump up and run to avoid whatever demon or vampire wanted to make him their meal he forgot that he had been sitting in the lotus position for hours. His legs were asleep so he wound up falling on his face. This was actually helpful for Xander as the vampire that was lunging for him overshot and his the boulder he had been sitting by. When Xander finally managed to stand he saw that the vampire that had decided to make him its meal had knocked itself out. Looking closer he realized that he knew this vamp it was one of the old football players that used to bully him and Jesse.

"Wow now that was extremely lucky but I better hurry inside before this incredible luck runs out," he said taking off in the direction of his house.

He had just made it to the entrance of the park when he was tackled from behind.

"You didn't think I would let my lunch get away now did you," the vampire from before snarled at him.

"Well no but I was kind of hoping that that rock gave you enough brain damage to keep you out for an hour or so," Xander said.

Ok think Xander your pinned by a vamp you have no weapons and you can't even reach any rocks to knock this guy out again what do you do. While he was thinking the vamp decided it was done waiting and started to lean down towards his throat. Xander just barley managed to get his arm free enough to hold the vampire off his throat. Think Xander all you have going for you now is your magic but you don't know any spells just that stupid meditation. Fat lot of good it does you now. Wait that meditation trick that's it.

Xander started to focus on the feel of his magic he could still feel it circulating throughout his body. He slowly started to try and push some of it towards his hand focusing on building it up in his hands. It was slow and he was slowly losing the battle with the vamp for his neck, but he finally thought he had enough magic built up just under the surface of his hand. With one last mental shrug he pushed all of the built up energy out and focused into pure light.

He was just hoping for a light bulb of light that would hurt the vamp with its sensitive hearing long enough for Xander could get away, but what he got was something along the lines of a concentrated lighthouse beam aimed right at the vampires face. Its sensitive eyes were almost burned out of their sockets. It leapt back screaming clutching at its ruined eyes and all Xander did was lie their dazed and slightly drained. He didn't realize that he had put so much magic into that.

He shook off his confusion and managed to get the heck out of dodge. Only when he was finally back safe and sound in his room did he start to settle down. I almost died tonight because of my own stupidity I never want to be that defenseless again. He looked over to the book written by Lina Inverse and swore to himself that he would learn sorcery and he would use it to protect himself and his friends.