Disclaimer: I did not own Buffy, Angel or characters from the Silmarillion and the Lord of the Rings. The Angel Academy and Institute are my own creation.

NOTE 1: This is a short AU of my story, the New Watcher. It takes place after the battle with the First Evil and after the War of Wrath in the First Age of Middle-Earth.

NOTE 2: If you want to know about the Angel Academy and Institute, read chapters 1 and 2 of the New Watcher; and read chapter 4 of New Life to see how Dawn got her wands.

NOTE 3: When Angela or anyone from the Angel Institute are speaking to any of the Valar or Maia, they are speaking in the angelic language, except for the meeting that will be held with the slayers.

Giles explained to everyone who the demons were that came through the portal and their strengths and weaknesses, with a picture of each one on the board that had been set-up. He explained to the Ainur that all demons have power, some greater and some lesser, the same as angels.

"Each demon has a weakness because they all have bodies. The reason we do research is to find their weak spot because they all have one; and the power each possesses, so we can defend against it. The weapons we use will vary with each demon," Giles told them.

"We're ready to go. Faith, Rona and I will each lead a slayer team," Buffy said to Namo and Eonwe. "You're lucky only 8 demons came through the portal. We were on another planet that was infested with them and it took us weeks to track them all down and kill them."

"What is the Chocka'ta demon?" Eonwe asked.

"A very powerful and ancient evil that can only be killed with the slayer scythe" Giles answered.

Angela's eagle then appeared out of nowhere shrieking, and landed on her shoulder. She continued to shriek while everyone looked at her and the eagle.

"Oh really," Angela said, smiling. "Isis has found all the demons, except the Chocka'ta demon. Mr. Giles would you please put out the map on the table?"

Giles put the map on the table and Isis flew over it. The map lit up the location of every demon and their picture.

"Who's this?" Buffy asked, pointing to an unknown picture on the map.

"She didn't come through the portal but opened one from our world and came in. She's known as the Cassandra and she's not what she appears to be, but a very powerful demon. She looks human, but isn't and we're going to send her right back where she came from," Angela answered.

"You knew she was here all along," Giles stated, cleaning his glasses on his tie.

"Yes I did. The Powers informed us before we left," Angela answered. "Dan call your birds, we're going to pay the Cassandra a visit."

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Before Namo returned to Valinor, he, Eonwe and Angela agreed that she would give a report to Eonwe regarding the status of the demons after the battle and Eonwe in-turn would inform him. She also told them they would confront the Cassandra that evening.

Everyone met in the lounge tent 15 minutes later armed and ready for battle. They split-up into three teams with Buffy, Faith and Rona each leading a slayer team; and members from the Angel Institute would ferry them to and from their destinations. They would also cover their backs, if need be. After they went over the battle plans, everyone was ready to go. David and his team were assigned to Faith's team; Aaron and his team to Rona's team, and Tess and her team to Buffy's team.

When the members of the Angel Institute waved their hands, everyone disappeared and instantly appeared at their destination.

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When Faith and her team arrived at an abandoned barn, everyone got into position with David's team guarding the perimeter and the slayers surrounded the barn. David walked up to the barn and slapped his hand on the side of the building and the barn came tumbling down.

"Slayer," one of the demon's said, when they saw them standing there.

Before they could blink, Monica had her broadsword at the ready and cut off the first demon's head while Faith did the same to the other with her scimitar sword.

"Let's go," David said, and with a wave of his hand, they disappeared.

Manwë sent a cold wind and the demon's corpses and heads were sent into space, as far from Arda as possible.

"They are faster than the elves," Oromë stated.

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Rona and her team entered a small cave and found the Darack demon hiding in the shadows. When he attached, Jan cut off both arms and Mandy cut off its head and it dissolved into black ooze.

Aaron set fire to the demon remains.

After they departed the cave, Aaron waved his hand and they were teleported to their next target.

No one saw the small cave collapse or felt the wind that blew the demon's ashes into space.

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When Damon knock the small house down with his hand on Tess' order, the two demons hiding inside covered their eyes from the sun. While Tess held them in place, Cho Ahn walked up to them with axe in hand and cut them to pieces, on Buffy's orders.

Tess set their corpses on fire before they left.

A strong wind blew their ashes upwards.

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The Joroth demon left the shed it was hiding in when the slayers appeared. It went after the first slayer it saw and started to attack, but, flew backwards into the shed, collapsing it when Faith hit it with her fist.

While it was in a prone position, Caridad and Vi approached, and in the blink of an eye, they cut off its head, arms and legs.

After David set the corpse on fire, they all disappeared.

Tulkas laughed when he saw Faith hit the large demon that was the size of a Troll and uglier and sent it flying backwards.

No one noticed the ashes rising from the ground by a strong wind.

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The Lar'ka demon was resting when the slayers appeared outside the home it was occupying. It had killed the entire family when it arrived and the corpses were still rotting in the house. It awoke when the door suddenly flew off its hinges and flew backwards to the other end of the house and made a hole in the back wall.

Rona looked around the small house and was sick at the sight of what the demon had done. There was blood on the walls and flood and the family that once lived there was literally torn to pieces and there body parts were scattered everywhere.

Before the Lar'ka demon could get its bearings, the slayers were on him like white on rice and when they were hacking it to pieces, no one could hear its terrible screams.

With magic, Aaron and his team took the time to remove all the human remains and buried the family of five in one grave. A two foot cross appeared in Santana's hands and he stuck it in the fresh mound, while Aaron placed stones on top of the grave. Everyone stood in a circle around the grave in a moment of silence. Some blessed themselves, while others bowed their heads. Aaron and Santana said a prayer for the dead.

Lisa sang Amazing Grace with tears running down her cheeks, looking up at the heavens with her arms opened wide; which she had always done in the Church Choir, as a child growing up. After the service, Aaron set the house on fire and everyone watched it went up in smoke. They disappeared when there was nothing left but ash.

A strong wind blew the ashes into space.

"That was a beautiful song," Nienna said, with tears running down her cheeks. "She was singing it to Eru Ilúvatar."

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"It's almost finished," Angela said to Giles, when everyone returned. "Dan and I, along with a few others, are now going after the Cassandra. My gut's telling me to bring you along and I don't know why."

"I'll come with you," he said, and got up from the table and put on his jacket.

When everyone was ready, Angela took Giles' hands into hers and they all disappeared.

They appeared in a small house where the Cassandra was cooking a meal and saw that the table was set for two.

"Hello Cassandra," Angela said, when they appeared.

"Who are you?" she asked with a evil sneer, looking around the room. "Don't you know who I am?"

No one said a word and just looked at her because they all knew she was a demon, masquerading as a human.

She tried to move but couldn't.

Dan was outside watching as hundreds of crows started flying towards the house. Before they reached him, he sent a great wind which opened all the windows and door.

Thorondor was perched on one of the high mountains nearby and watched as the crows suddenly appeared and flew towards the small abode. There were so many, they blackened the sky.

Everyone in the Ring of Doom was also watching, except Namo; who was in his wife's halls watching her weave the entire story.

The Cassandra watched as the crows flew through the door and windows. They also flew on the roof and covered it entirely and more were on the ground, surrounding the house, as if they were standing guard

A door opened and a man walked out of what looked to be a small bedroom. "What's all the fuss Cassandra dear?" he asked, just waking up, from the looks of it and was still dressed in his clothes. "Rupert," he said, shocked, looking around the room at all the strangers dressed in black robes with crosses around their necks, and armed to the teeth.

"Ethan," Giles said calmly.

Ethan Rayne tried to move, but couldn't.

David and Brenda walked over to him and each put a hand on his shoulder and shoved him to his knees.

Angela laughed. "I see our world wasn't big enough for you Ethan Rayne. Before we left, I was told to pronounce your doom. I thought I would do it when we returned home. I'm surprise to find you here."

"I guess someone knew you were here," Brenda said to him with a wink.

"The Cassandra convinced me to come with her and told me the pickings were ripe. What she didn't tell me was this place was backwards and a complete hell hole with no modern conveniences," Ethan replied.

"Shut-up you fool," the Cassandra said to him with a deadly glare.

"Give it up my ducks, the gigs up," Ethan said.

"You've always consorted with demons, Mr. Rayne. Now it's time to pay the piper," David said.

"Can you help me out Rupert?" Ethan asked with a pleading look in his eyes.

"I'm afraid not," Giles answered calmly. Happy inside that Ethan Rayne was finally getting his comeuppance.

Everyone watched as the crows continued entering the house and they were everywhere, with no room to spare. Angela said something to Dan mentally and he walked into the house with a bird on each shoulder.

"Take her. Take her back where she came from," Dan said when he entered the house.

When the crows reached the Cassandra, they began to peck out her eyes. They also pecked at her hair, face, head, arms, hands, legs and feet; until she was bleeding all over. She was waving her arms, but to no avail, and when she tried to scream, she couldn't, because they covered her entire body. When the crows were satisfied that they completely subdued the Cassandra, more than 100 crows picked her up with the claws; flew out the door, and carried her upwards to the sky, and the rest followed.

The Valar and Maia in the Ring of Doom watched, along with Thorondor, as the crows carried the limp Cassandra into the sky, and then disappeared.

"What are you going to do to me?" Ethan asked, licking his lips, with sweat running down his brow, still on his knees.

'Pronounce your doom," Angela answered, as she raised her arms in the air and closed her eyes. "Lord of Arashmahaar, hear my plea, I summon thy power; I summon thy source; I summon thee D'Hoffryn to judge Ethan Rayne."

Just then, the Lord of the Vengeance Demons appeared in front of Angela.

"Well, well, well, Ethan Rayne. I was wondering when someone would call me to deal with you. There are a lot of people out there who wish to do you great harm; however, none of them knew how, until now," D'Hoffryn said to him.

Ethan had a surprised look on his face and cringed when D'Hoffryn smiled at him.

Everyone in the room could spell the fear coming off him.

"Herald," D'Hoffryn said with a deep bow. "What would you like me to do with this mockery of a magic user?"

"I wish that his magic be taken from away him; I also wish for his sins to show on his face and hands; and finally, I wish for you to send him to the New Watcher's Council with a note to Willow, to tell her to take care of him until we return. This is what I wish for D'Hoffryn," she answered.

"Done," D'Hoffryn said and snapped his fingers, and Ethan Rayne disappeared. "If you need anything else, just call me."

"I will," Angela replied, with a smile.

D'Hoffryn slapped his hands and disappeared in fire and brimstone.

Before they left the house, they made sure there were no magicks about and set it on fire. They watched as the house burned to the ground, which didn't take long. After that, they all disappeared.

Everyone in the Ring of Doom was discussing the demon Eru's Herald summoned, and Namo reminded them that she pronounced his doom, as she was told to do before they left her world.