Disclaimer: Nope still not mine *sigh, :'(* oh well.

Authors note: don't hate me this chapter is from Buffy's P.O.V. and a little Giles. This is just telling how they joined the situation and I will merge everyone once the two groups have met each other and everything so just please bare with me. Also I have decided that this story is in season 3 right after Angel returns but will not be canon after that.

Warning: In case you didn't know this is slash people. Which means DMHP.

Chapter 3

Buffy did not want to go to school this morning she had a feeling that it was one of those days where she should just stay in bed and practice the art of not moving. Plus it didn't help that she was out late last night killing vampires and a few minor demons with her boyfriend/vampire with a soul.

She spent so much time procrastinating that she barely had her seat in homeroom before the bell rang and no time to catch up with Willow and Xander to see how their night went. Willow was supposed to have a date with her boyfriend and she wasn't really sure what Xander had planned but she bet it had the words veg and out in there somewhere.

As soon as the bell for homeroom rang Xander and Willow converged on her both with the same question.

"Hey Buff" started Xander, "how was patrolling last night meet any new big bads." It had been kinda slow and Xander was all in scooby mode.

"Yeah," Willow chimed in, "need any research of the occult or anything done. I was reading up on this new locater spell that I thought would be cool to try with Giles supervision of course."

"No," replied Buffy, "not really so far it has just been the same old vampires and wimpy demons nothing apocalypsey in the works."

The group continued talking until they had to separate for their morning classes and made plans to meet at their usual place for lunch.

As Buffy walked to her next class she couldn't help but be grateful for her friends they supported her as much as they could with the research and stuff but they really had no idea what it was to be the slayer. They merely got a glance of some of the things she went through and had no clue what it was like to have the weight of the world on her shoulders, to know that she may not live through the night and that this may be the time when a vamp or demon got lucky and defeated her. Not even Angel understood what it was to be the slayer, the one being prophesized to stand against the darkness he could walk away, not that he ever would, and leave it all behind.

Buffy just kind of zoned out for most of her classes not really paying attention to what was going on but hey, isn't that what review days were for if she were supposed to pay attention during class then they wouldn't set aside a whole class period to go over everything she needed to know for tests.

Lunch hour finally arrived and Buffy met her friends out in the quad glad that it was a nice day and she didn't have to subject herself to the cafeteria. Conversation during lunch was the usual light banter that she had come to expect Xander to provide filled with the timid introspection of the future and current events from Willow as she tried to get Xander and Buffy to get more serious about homework and life in general.

"Relax, Will," quipped Xander, "sometimes the Buffster and I just need to blow off some steam. Hey, how bout we all hit the Bronze tonight it's been a while. You think G-man will let you off Buff?"

"I don't know maybe if I put in a couple hours of training and do a quick sweep before turning in. I have been slaying really hard lately and deserve a break. I'll just tell Giles that all slaying and no playing makes Buffy stark raving. Think he'll go for it?" Buffy finished laughing at her own wit.

Willow and Xander both just rolled their eyes and groaned at their friend good naturedly. "It's worth a try," replied Willow, "and I guess I could use a break from studying, I mean finals aren't for another few months."

"Willow," exclaimed Buffy and Xander, "the school year just started."

With that last comment the bell signifying the end of lunch went off and the three hurried to their afternoon classes, Buffy being in a much better mood then before. She had almost convinced herself that her feeling of trepidation this morning was a figment of her imagination. Until last period that is, she had just sat down for English when her 'slayer sense' went off, very similar to when she felt vampires in the area and she just knew she shouldn't have jinxed herself with her friends earlier. But instead of that negative that accompanies the big bads this was a feeling was a positive feeling. No matter what kind of feeling it invoked she still needed to investigate the problem so with that in mind she watched the clock awaiting the time when the torture others referred to as high school to end.

Finally, freedom, and she could work off some of her stress maybe by pummeling whatever caused the disturbance she felt earlier. She met the other two-thirds of her scoobies and they were laughing and joking as they walked into the library.

To the surprise of the three when they walked into the library there was no Giles and there were three teenagers standing there in funny robes. She immediately knew that these three were the cause of that feeling she had earlier, and in Sunnydale robes were usually a bad sign so Buffy immediately went on the defensive pulling both Xander and Willow behind her and as she did that she noticed that the three strangers took defensive positions shoulder to shoulder and raised little sticks of all things at her.

Yes, sticks and not like Mr. Pointy, no these sticks were more like twigs that she could snap easily. She would have laughed at the sticks if she hadn't noticed the posture and bearing of the three newcomers. Their eyes screamed warriors and that they had seen more than anyone should at that age. She recognized the look in the small raven male's eyes as the same one that stared at her from a mirror every morning.

His expression more than anything was what kept her from attacking first and asking questions later. She was intrigued by that haunted look and could feel at least subconsciously that this was a kindred spirit, one that would understand the darkness within her better than her friends ever could. She was also curious as to the blond male standing by the raven. He looked like he wanted nothing more than to shield the raven from the upcoming confrontation but that he wouldn't instead he would let him fight his battles and support him when he could. It reminded her strongly of the way Angel was with her that she paused again.

Buffy was at a standstill, she realized that she couldn't with good conscious attack these three when they had given her no cause too other than being stranger wearing robes even though she felt an aura of danger around the three especially the one in the middle, but she could tell that the danger wasn't directed at her unless she threatened him or those flanking him. So, Buffy paused in her usual system of make a sarcastic comment then beat it up and hope everything worked for the best.

P.O.V. Change

In another part of the school Giles was cursing he had been in a meeting with Principal Snider all day and the man was a constant irritation to him. Why the man taught at a school when he obviously hated children Giles would never know, but he continued to take his hatred out on the children and the other teachers, bloody bastard! Giles cursed some more as the bell rang for the end of day and he realized that he would be late for his slayer's daily training. So, he picked up his pace as he wound through the mass of students going the opposite direction.

As he walked into the library he froze at the scene in front of him. There was his slayer and her "scoobies" standing a little way from the door in a standoff with 3 other teenagers holding 'were those wands' though Giles to himself curiosity taking over.

Thank you for reading please review and I promise the next chapter is coming by the end of the week. And I have a poll on my site please vote on whether or not you want to see Faith in this story.