A/N: Again Own nothing hope everybody who's read it will keep liking it. :)
Chapter 1
Somewhere In Los Angeles, California
"What do you say, Ash?" the young boy said pounding the bag, as his best friend held it.
"Don't know, Aiden. Doesn't usually work out well for you." She smirked "I'm the one that usually needs help with the girls by the end of the night."
"Luck…I just didn't see anyone I like."
"Ha." She let go of the bag. "Come on let's spare…your ass is totally mine this time."
"That's what you said the last time." The boy was smiling as they made their way out to the mat.
"Bring it on, Davies." He teased her, getting into his fighting stance.
"Stop talking and fight." The girl said throwing a jab and connecting with his ribs.
"Ah." He hissed. There was more power behind it then he was used to. Quickly recovering, Aiden threw a jab of his own. Missing, he was caught off guard by the elbow Ashley threw, landing square in the back of his head. "Geez Ash…you trying to kill me?" He exclaimed holding the back of his head.
"I'm not hitting any harder than I normally do." the brunette shrugged as she was bouncing on her toes.
"Could have fooled me!"
"Don't be a baby, Aiden. I'm just a girl…fight me."
"Now who's talking?" he lifted his leg, hitting her with a side kick following with a series of punches, knocking her off balance onto the floor. Running towards her, he was met with a leg sweep causing him to fall flat on his back. The girl put her hands behind her head, bent at her waist and pushed off the mat, landing on her feet.
"Come on, Aiden." The girl egged him on.
"You're really getting on my nerves. When did you get so good?"
"I've always been this good..I just never knew you sucked so bad." the brunette replied. Seeing he was back on his feet, Ashley was on the attack putting her friend on the defensive. With her left and right kicks both blocked, it caused her to make her way up his body connecting with a left and right jab.
"Ahh!" the boy yelled in pain and before he knew it, Ashley hit him with a punch to the jaw knocking him out cold.
"Oh my God! Aiden, are you OK?" Ashley asked running to his side. "Aiden come on, wake up!" She tapped his jaw.
"Uh…" he whined slowly stirring. "What hit me?"
"I did." Ashley was smiling sheepishly.
"You're kidding me?" He sat up on his elbows.
"'fraid not." She shook her head. "I'm sorry." The girl examined his jaw. "You're gonna have a nasty bruise though."
"Ah!" He winced, hissing at her touch. "It's OK." sitting up all the way now. "You owe me."
"What for?" she asked incredulously.
"Me letting you knock me out."
"What do you want?" Ashley sighed and, shook her head as he began to grin. Sighing, the young girl held out her hand to help him up. "Fine." she said with a grunt.
Hours later the two were at Ego, the music was pounding as Ashley sat at the bar of the local Night Club.
"Another." The girl said placing the shot glass back on the bar. The night was young and she really didn't want to be here, but she promised her best friend she'd be his wing man. Although, she was failing miserably. Every girl that came up to the two seemed to be more interested in her.
"Maybe it wasn't a good idea coming on ladies night." the brunette chuckled taking another shot.
"Ash…" the boy whined. "You're totally blocking." He looked at her annoyed.
"Me? I'm just sitting here. It's not my fault I'm hotter." She took another shot. "I told you this was a bad idea…Chicks dig rock stars." Stifling her laughter at her friend's face. "You were better off asking your cousin JD."
"If you're a block, he's total repellent." the boy stated, sitting down dejectedly on the stool next to her.
"We could try Greys" the young girl offered. "Maybe-"
"Aren't you Rafe Davies' daughter?" A young redhead asked cutting off the brunette. "You just had that new song come out didn't you?"
"I might be." Ashley glanced back at her.
"She is ok." Aiden said slightly peeved. "What do you want?"
"Now who's blocking?" Ashley asked under her breath to her best friend.
"What happened to his face?" the redhead noticed the bruise that had already formed on the boy's jaw.
"Don't worry about it." Ashley waved her question off. "Look I'm willing to be anybody you want babe, if you say you've got a cute friend to introduce to my best friend."
"Would my twin work?" The girl said motioning towards a girl that stood a little behind her.
"Oh hell yeah!" The boy yelled.
"You'll have to excuse my friend, he's not used to beautiful woman." chuckling as she rolled her eyes.
"Whatever." Trying to ignore her comment.
"Order whatever you want, drinks are on me…" Ashley said to the redhead. "Meet us in the V.I.P. room in 15."
"Ok, sounds great." The redhead leaned in and placed a gentle kiss on her cheek. "It'll definitely be worth your time."
"How the hell did you just do that?" Aiden questioned, amazed at her best friend's skills.
"It's a gift. You're not gonna blow a load already are you?" Ashley chuckled. "You haven't even touched her yet." The brunette took another shot in her mouth, letting the cool liquid burn its way down her throat.
"Ha…Ha…I'm serious, Ash… you don't even know their names and they basically agreed to do anything you want."
"And you'll owe me for it later." the young brunette stood up, patting him on the back as she did.
"You're such a dog." he shook his head.
"Yeah and you love that about me." she quipped as they made their way up the stairs to the V.I.P. room. "So ladies who's ready to party?" the young woman walked in the room with her best friend in tow.
Present Day…
The bell at the top of the door rang telling the clerk that someone had entered. Putting down her pricing gun, she made her way quickly to the front of the store. Going to stand behind the counter the young blonde-haired woman waited as the man and woman made their choices. That was one of the many policies that her mom reminded her about constantly. "Lock up before you leave…put the money away…" she thought as her mother's voice played through her mind. Pushing some hair behind her ear she watched the as the female made her way towards her.
"Chill, Aiden." The female customer said to her male companion. "It's not the end of the world because we ask for help." Rolling her eyes she smiled at the shopkeeper. "Excuse me." she asked, removing her sunglasses from her face and placed them on her head.
"Yes how can I help you?" the blonde smiled at the young woman. 'Have I met her before? She looks familiar.' she thought to herself. Pushing her lips together she tried to remember. "I'm sorry, do I know you?"
"I'm sure I would recognize someone as pretty as you." The brunette replied as many images played out in her head. Chuckling to herself, she tried to push these thoughts away to the back of her mind…but this girl was definitely her type. 'Keep your thoughts to yourself Davies…you're here on business.' "And it's funny you ask Shoppe girl."
"I'm pretty sure you can't hold alcohol." The brunette said rubbing a towel through her wet hair.
"I'm so sorry about your clothes, Ash." The young blonde's face flushed at the memory of the evening's events. "You would think my best friends would know not to give me any." She shook her head.
"They're just clothes…Spence." the brunette waved the blonde off. Sitting on the bed next to her, she placed a gentle hand on her knee. "As long as my favorite Shoppe girl is ok." She smiled sweetly at her.
"Huh?" the brunette was jarred out of her memory. "I'm sorry, my mind goes adrift sometimes." She shook her head wildly.
"No problem, Shoppe girl." The girl replied as she leaned against the counter. "Can you tell me where I can find a tow truck?" she asked rocking back and forth on her feet, pushing her hands into her pocket. "My car broke down a ways down... and to make my day completely perfect," rolling her eyes. "neither one of us can find a signal." She motioned towards the dark haired male that was still looking for something.
"Yeah, cell service is pretty crappy around here." the young shopkeeper smirked, knowing the customer wouldn't like her answer. "Well, that's simple. My brother Glen can help you out-"
Before she can finish, the other girl cut her off.
"Great." The brunette smiled excitedly.
"But..."
"I hate buts." The young traveler said dropping her head.
"He's in town visiting his girlfriend." The clerk said, biting her lip. She still couldn't place where she had seen this girl before.
"Well, can't you call him back or call someone else?"
"Sorry, small town. He's the only tower for miles... And we can't very well call him back, he hasn't had a vacation in months." She shrugged dejectedly.
"Argg." The brunette groaned. "What are we supposed to do now?"
"We've got a little B&B next door…" She said pointing at the house a little ways down the road.
"We may have a few rooms for you and your boyfriend to stay in until my brother gets back."
"You think Aiden is my boyfriend?" She chuckled and let a half smile creep on her face as she turned back to the young store clerk. "Yeah, he's not my type….Good one, though."
Releasing the breath she didn't know she was holding, the young blonde smiled. 'Relax Spencer it's not the first time you've seen a pretty girl'.
"So, how long is he gonna be gone?" the brunette sighed.
"I don't think you're going to like my answer to that?" The clerk replied smiling.
"Damn it." Throwing her head back in frustration, she called to her friend, who was now several aisles away. "Aiden!"
"Yeah?" the boy said walking over to them.
"We're so screwed..." the young traveler sighed and removed her sunglasses from her head and began to chew on one of the ends. "She said that her brother is the only tower within miles."
"You're kidding me." he replied looking at her in disbelief. "Tell me you're not serious, Ash?"
"As a heart attack." The girl answered him as the bell dang once more.
"Hey Spence how's business today?"
"Hey Clay!" She said smiling at her brother. "Slow as usual…we may have few guests tonight at the B&B." She nodded at the two.
"Well, we've got plenty of room." He pulled something from out behind the counter.
"You guys can follow him over and he'll get you set up… I mean, that is if you guys want to stay."
"What other choice do we have, Ash?"
"What are we going to do with all our stuff in the car?"
"I can give you a ride back to your car, if you'd like." Clay offered. "It is kind of old school… I think it was new in the 50's but it gets me around here." He smirked.
"Thanks Bro."
'Maybe if I stick close to her the Forisya will show up'. "Well…" losing her train of thought.'What the hell are you doing Davies? You're so over your head.'
3 months ago…
"Research mode?" The young Wicca asked as she, and the rest of the Scoobies, listened to the girl recount her dream.
"Definitely." the former watcher said as he removed his glasses, pulling out a handkerchief and began to clean them. "And you say that it was after this young girl?"
"Don't know why though…she kept calling her Auximoa?" the brunette questioned.
"That's something, G Man." Faith said even though she was just as confused as the rest of them.
"Currently... yes it is. Still gives us little to go on." He placed his glasses back on his face.
"Wills find us everything you can on these…baddies."
"We don't know for sure that this…"the redhead looked at her best friend
"Oxymoron." the blonde blurted out.
"Big word, B." Faith laughed softly.
"Thanks." The blonde smiled brightly at her as she placed a gentle hand on her knee.
"Auximoa." The English man rolled his eyes, frustrated with the two Slayers.
"Umm…this is all completely fascinating, but what does this have to do with me…" the young brunette asked them.
"You see kid, it's like-"
"I'm not a kid."
"Whatever…" Faith waved her off. "It's like this. B here was the original Slayer."
"Great I got that... Willow got me caught up on slayer History 101. What I want to know is what this dream thing is about?"
"As Willow said, we'll do some research…" Giles put his hand in his pocket and sat down on the edge of the table. "Perhaps we could find this Auximoa, it must be something that needs protecting if…"
"Ah ha!" the redhead bellowed from her seat at the table causing everyone to look at her. "Oh sorry…" she said sheepishly embarrassed by her outburst. "I just found something on the Forisya." looking up she relayed what she had just read. "It says here that it's not a demon but a God."
"Another Glory?" Buffy rolled her eyes. "So this Auximoa is like a key or something…like Dawn?"
"Not exactly." Willow looked down and started reading again. "It's actually more powerful than Glory was. Auximoa is said to be its mortal enemy and the only thing that can kill Forisya." flipping through the pages of a new book, the Wicca found what she had been looking for. "A fairy?"
"No need for name calling, Red." Faith replied to the young witch.
"No…" rolling her eyes. "This…this Auximoa thing we're looking for..." she waved her hand out in front of her. "It's a Fairy."
"So you're telling us, Will, the thing…this..."Buffy furrowed her eyebrows.
"Auximoa." Faith said helping her out.
"This Auximoa is a Fairy and does what, like... a little Irish jigs?"
"Sounds to me, B. It holds the fate of the world in its hands?" Faith answered
"That's about covers it." Willow confirmed.
"Interesting…does it say what this Fairy does?" the former watcher asked.
"That's as far as the book goes…Its really vague…like someone didn't want that kind of information getting into the wrong hands."
"Fascinating." The well-spoken Englishman replied as he began to pace.
"You're gonna wear a whole in the floor, Giles." The blonde haired Slayer noticed as she was getting annoyed watching him pace back and forth.
"Right." He stopped moving.
"Why don't we send the newbie to find the Auximoa…" Faith said as she rubbed her hand on her favorite leathers. "I…mean she's the only one who knows what it looks like… I'm sure Red can find her, she must have a name."
"Excellent idea, Faith." the former watcher acknowledged. "What do you say? You up for your first test on the field?"
"Well what, Ash?" Aiden urged her.
"Nothing." Ashley shook her head and waved him off.
"Ok. Just let me get my keys and we'll go." The brown haired boy told Clay.
"Cool." He turned back to his friend. "Ash, you coming?"
"No, I think I'm going to talk to…" she spun around towards the young blonde. "I didn't catch your name."
"Spencer." The blonde replied, dipping her head as a blush began to rise on her face.
"Spencer." She repeated smiling. "I'm gonna stay and have a chat with Spencer." She winked at the blonde before turning to her friend Aiden.
"Suit yourself." He said, following Clay out.
Hearing the door finally close, she looked at her. Opening her mouth, she was about to speak but stopped when she saw the girl do the exactly same thing. "Go ahead."
"You first." Ashley said smiling at her.
"Okay." after a second of nervous laughter. "So what brings you to our small town?" Spencer asked, hoping that she didn't notice her earlier blush.
"We were on our way to a concert." The brunette replied rolling her shoulders, she knew she was slightly lying but she couldn't tell her why she was here exactly. "Just passing through you know?"
"Sounds like fun." Spencer pushed some of her hair behind her ear.
"Oh, it was totally going to rock but… it looks like we're going to miss that now."
"Sorry." She frowned.
"It's fine. My manager is gonna kill me for missing it but she'll deal." Ashley turned around so that her back was against the counter. "So, Spencer, do you have a boyfriend in this small town of yours?" the young traveler asked absentmindedly.
"No...my girlfriend and I just broke up." The blonde frowned, she didn't want to think about what had happened a few weeks ago.
"Girlfriend?" Ashley spun around, trying to sound surprised, but she kind of had figured this out earlier watching the blonde blushing and checking her out. "You're..."
"Gay." Spencer stared at her, trying to gauge her reaction. "Yeah."
"Cool."
"You're not freaked out by that?" Spencer wondered as she nervously pushed some hair behind her ear.
"No." the other girl said, standing up straight. "Should I be?…you're not gonna turn into a zombie or something are you?" Chuckling she replied. "No it's just that… when most people find out they…"
"Run for the hills?" Ashley grinned.
"Yeah."
"You'll find out soon enough Spencer…" she leaned closer and gave the shop keeper her best smile. "I'm not like most people."
"I think I'm getting that." Spencer smiled
"Hmm." Ashley frowned putting her head in her hand as she looked at the girl.
"What?" Spencer chuckled, suddenly feeling self-conscious.
"Nothing." The brunette shook her head. "You've got a nice shop here."
"Thanks…" the blonde replied, not really sure on what she should say next.
"They sure don't make them like this anymore." Ashley looked around the shop. "Especially not in L.A. It's very homey." There was a pause. "Why would someone be stupid enough to dump you?" The girl suddenly blurted out.
"Umm." Spencer felt awkward talking to a stranger about her personal life.
"Don't answer that." The brunette smiled sympathetically at her. "Sometimes I get what I like to call word vomit."
"It's ok…It must be contagious, I get that to sometimes." Spencer gave her a wary smile. "The truth is, I'm still kinda raw." She was fighting back the tears that were welling up her eyes.
"Its fine…" the other girl interrupted her.
"No I need to get this out."
TBC…
