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.
Angela walked to the lake after lunch; unfolded her blanket; laid it on the grass; sat down, and took off her jacket. She was staring at the pristine water when she felt an angelic spirit nearby and ignored whoever it was, because she wasn't in the mood to be bothered. She closed her eyes, sat in a lotus position and meditated for an hour. When she opened her eyes, she laid down on the blanket, closed her eyes again and took in the warmth of the sun. Angela felt a presence a few minutes later and opened her eyes. "Why are you here?"
Eonwe was staring at her; then knelt down beside her. "I do not understand you."
"That's because I'm human. No Ainur will ever understand a human because that's Eru Ilúvatar's Will; however, we understand you very well." "What do you want from me Eonwe, to be like you?" she asked. "I'm not and never will be." She noticed Eonwe studying her, trying to gain some insight into something he would never understand.
"All of us lead violent lives Eonwe. We're not choir boys or boy scouts and aren't naive like you and the Valar. We simply do what has to be done to keep our world, and the rest of Eru Ilúvatar's creation safe. That doesn't mean we're bad people; on the contrary, we're very good people. You try doing what we do on a daily basis. You can't because it would corrupt you. I told Olorin that millions of slayers will die before this is over. Young human girls will be torn apart because they face things terrible and powerful. Evil none of you could never image.
As for the snotty and up-tight Vanyar we dealt with today, they had that coming. You and the Valar never saw any of their faults, we did and they have many. All of you only saw what they looked like on the outside; however, we saw their hearts, which were filled with nothing but bigotry and hatred for us," she told him. "That's why we put them in their places."
"That's why I'm here. The Head Healer of the Vanyar would like to see you," he said.
"Do you know why?" she asked.
"It has something to do with Bael," he answered.
"The one I punched in the face earlier?" she asked with a smile.
"Yes," he replied.
"Lead the way," she said, and snapped her fingers and the blanket disappeared.
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Everyone bowed when Eonwe and Angela entered the healers tent, and she could hear murmurs among the elves. She noticed the five disfigured elves' boils had faded and saw the ugly scars on their faces. When they saw her, they averted their eyes.
"Lord Eonwe," the Head Healer said, and bowed when they approached.
"Duläf, let me introduce Angela Simone, Eru Ilúvatar's Herald," he said.
"It is an honor to meet you Herald," Duläf said and bowed again.
"Thank you," she said with a bright smile. "How may I help you?"
"It concerns Bael," he answered. "As you know, elves' wounds heal quickly. However, Bael's wounds are not healing."
"I know," she replied. "Can you take me to him?"
"Right this way," he answered.
Angela and Eonwe followed Duläf to a private area of the tent. When they arrived, Bael was lying on a cot in excruciating pain. His jaws were still shattered and his nose was broken. His face was black and blue and she could hear his labored breathing. She also saw his broken teeth.
"I will heal him. Leave us," she turned and said to Duläf.
Duläf bowed and silently walked away.
Eonwe watched as Bael fall asleep when Angela put her left hand over his eyes. He noticed Bael's eyes were closed.
Angela sat down next to him on the cot and put one hand on each jaw and released a little of her light, which covered Bael's entire face and said something in a language Eonwe did not understand.
After the light had dissipated, Eonwe saw that Bael's wounds were healed and his face had returned to normal.
"He's healed," she said.
Eonwe nodded and they walked to the front of the tent.
Duläf saw them approach.
"I have healed him," she said to Duläf. "He's sleeping now and he should awake in a few hours."
"Thank you," Duläf said.
She took a tin out of her right jacket pocket and handed it to Duläf. "Rub this on their faces and let it sit for a few hours each day," she said, pointing to the five disfigured elves. "The smell isn't pleasant, but it'll work. Keep applying the ointment until you're satisfied the scars have faded."
Duläf bowed. "I will and thank you."
"You're welcome," she replied and walked out the tent to the lounge tent.
When Eonwe arrived back at his tent, he informed Lord Namo what had transpired.
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"What happened?" Bael asked when he woke up and noticed he could breath easier and wasn't in any pain.
"Eru Ilúvatar's Herald healed you," Duläf answered, handing him a mirror.
Bael saw his face was as handsome as ever and opened his mouth and saw the his teeth were whole.
"I would advise you never to insult the Herald again," he advised. "Even we couldn't heal you."
"I won't," Bael said with a sigh of relief.
xxx
Everyone was talking in the lounge tent when Isis suddenly appeared on Angela's shoulder and listened to the bird's shrieks.
"Isis has found the Chocka'ta demon." "Where's the map?" Angela asked.
Giles produced the map and laid it on the table, while everyone watched as Isis flew over it and marked the spot where the Chocka'ta demon was hiding.
"You're up B," Faith said.
"I'll get ready," Buffy replied.
"I'm going to contact Eonwe and I'll meet you here in ten minutes," Angela said and Buffy and she nodded her head. When she arrived at her tent, she contacted Eonwe and asked him to meet her in her tent in a few minutes.
"Come in," she said, when she saw Eonwe standing outside the tent.
When Eonwe entered, he noticed how small the tent was and saw clothes thrown about; just as she had said they were. He saw her dressed in her black robe and had what she called a cross around her neck.
"We've found the Chocka'ta demon and I'm on my way to take Buffy to it's location. When Buffy was in the Timeless Halls, Eru Ilúvatar strengthen her and gave her more power, speed, agility, reflexes, hearing, sight, and, to a certain extent, a level of invulnerability. She can also fly if she wishes. This was a reward for everything she'd done and will face in the future. Let the Valar and Maia know," she said. "Would you like to come?" Angela watched as Eonwe contacted Namo.
"Yes I would," he answered.
"Let's go," she replied, and he followed her to the lounge tent. She noticed he was now clothed in battle armor and was wearing his flaming sword around his waist.
"That sword of yours isn't going to kill the Chocka'ta demon. Only the slayer scythe can," she said with a smile.
Eonwe returned the smile, still baffled by her. He was surprised when she showed kindness to Bael and the other elves in the medical tent, which he didn't expect.
When they entered the lounge tent, Angela noticed Buffy was ready to go. She had on a pair of black leather pants, black jacket, and her black leather steel toed spiked boots. The scythe was in her hand and she was ready to slay.
"Eonwe is coming with us," Angela told Buffy when she walked up to her.
"Fine," she said.
"I want you to put your hand over the glowing spot on the map; that's where you'll meet us," Angela said to Eonwe and took Buffy's hand in her own, and they both disappeared.
Eonwe put his hand over the map and knew the location. Everyone watched as he too disappeared.
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The Valar and Maia were in the Máhanaxar (Ring of Doom), and watched as Angela and Buffy appeared at the location. They also knew Eonwe and were in spirit form.
The Chocka'ta demon was hiding deep in a cave when he became aware that a slayer appeared out of nowhere. He wondered where she came from and how she got there. He knew he would have to go out and face her and he also knew she couldn't kill him. This is going to be easy, he thought. When the Chocka'ta demon got up and walked out of the cave, Buffy, Angela and Eonwe felt the ground shake.
When the Chocka'ta demon appeared, the Valar and Maia weren't prepared for that evil. It wasn't a Balrog, dragon, orc, or any of the other things that Melkor or Sauron made, this was something far more grotesque than anything they could every image.
Namo thought about what Angela told Eonwe: that the slayers face demons that are terrible and powerful. Now he knew what she meant.
Tulkas watched as the slayer walked up to that evil, and wanted to help her, but knew he couldn't because this was her domain, not his.
"These young mortal girls have been doing this for untold ages, and always will, until the end," Nienna said, with tears running down her cheeks.
"It's Eru Ilúvatar's Will," Namo stated.
Oromë watched the slayer, named Buffy, as she lifted the scythe.
The Valar put a silence spell around the entire area.
xxx
"I told you they face things powerful and terrible," Angela said to Eonwe mentally when the Chocka'ta demon was approaching.
Eonwe had never seen anything so terrible and it was ugly beyond belief and pure evil. He knew then that Angela was right, not even Melkor could think of that evil.
Buffy heard and saw the demon before it approached. It was almost two stories high; had dark red scaley skin; large black eyes; dark red lips; a long tail, and two large horns on the top of its head. Its face was to hideous to describe; his hide was very thick, like armor; it's arms were long, and the eight fingers on each hand had long claws, sharp and deadly.
"Slayer, you can't kill me," he said as he approached, sticking out it's long black tongue, taunting her.
"You're just another big bad," Buffy said, as she walked up to the Chocka'ta demon. When she raised the scythe, she could feel the power flowing through it and her, as if they were one.
The Chocka'ta demon took a swipe at her with its right claw and Buffy quickly moved out of harms way. It did the same with the left with the same result and he was surprised the slayer moved so fast.
After circling each other for a few minutes, Buffy took several steps backwards.
The demon's laughter shook the valley. "Afraid of me slayer?" he asked.
It looked as if Buffy was in a trance. When she lifted the scythe the second time, it seemed to have a mind of its own and propelled her towards the demon. When she reached him, she turned into a whirlwind moving this way and that.
The demon was surprised when the slayer came upon him at a speed which he'd never seen before and tried to get out of her way, which was never going to happen. When he took a swipe at her with both claws, Buffy cut both of them off so quickly the demon was startled, and then began to screamed. A scream which the likes the Valar or Maia had never heard before and would never heard again. It literally shook the valley.
Then, Buffy leaped high into the air over the demon's head faster than a human, or elf's, eye could see and landed behind him and proceeded to cut off its tail. The demon let out another howl, worse than the one before. She then cut off each leg. After he fell, Buffy walked up to him and cut off his head and stepped away. She saw Angela and Eonwe appear on either side of her.
They watched as the black blood oozed from the his body.
"It's done," Buffy said.
"I know," Angela replied. "Now we can go home, back to our demon infested world."
Buffy smiled at her. "I can't wait," she said.
"At least you don't have to do the dirty work anymore," Angela said.
"That's Faith's job now," Buffy replied. "I only do the big stuff."
They felt a strong wind lift the demon's remains towards the sky.
"Let's go," Buffy said.
Angela took Buffy's hands and they returned to the lounge tent.
Eonwe returned to his own tent.
Manwë made sure no one, not even the elves, saw the demon's remains as they headed into the sun, and he collapsed the cave where it was hiding, never to be opened again.
Later that evening, Yavanna and Nienna healed the battle area.
xxx
"I take it everything went well?" Giles asked, when they returned.
"The Chocka'ta demon has been destroyed," Buffy answered.
Giles smiled at her.
"Good, now we can get out of here," Rona said.
Everyone laughed.
"I see Rona doesn't like being away from home," Bobby said.
"No I don't," she replied.
"I'm going to change and wash up. I have demon goo all over me," Buffy said, and departed the lounge tent.
"Let's party," Faith said.
Just then, a buffet appeared and the slayers headed towards the table. There was also booze and music.
xxx
When Eonwe returned to his tent, he had a meeting with Ingwë, Finarfin and Elros, and informed them that the last demon has been destroyed and they would break camp tomorrow, at sunrise. He knew that the Vanyar were anxious to get back to Valinor and the Edain were getting restless.
Ingwë, Finarfin and Elros returned to their respective encampments and informed everyone they would be breaking camp at sunrise.
xxx
Angela asked Eonwe if she could see him and Olorin in his tent and he agreed. As she walked through the Vanyar camp, they gave her a wide berth. When she reached Eonwe's tent, the Vanyar guards bowed and opened the tent flap and showed her in. When she entered, she saw Eonwe and Olorin sitting at the table and she stood with her hands in her jacket pockets. "I just drop by to say good-bye. We'll be leaving tomorrow after all of you depart."
"Going back to that demon infested world of yours?" Eonwe asked.
"Yes," she answered. "It's home and I wouldn't live anywhere else."
Eonwe raised a perfect eyebrow at her.
She smiled. "It's never a dull moment there."
"I sure it isn't," Olorin replied.
She walked up to Olorin and gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. When she walked up to Eonwe, she asked him to stand and he did so and hugged him and planted a sensuous kiss on his mouth and he was surprised by the gesture.
She winked at him when she finished and left the tent.
"I will never understand her," Eonwe said
Olorin smiled at him. He was just as confounded by her as Manwë's Herald was, however, he knew there was more to that kiss than Eonwe did.
