Title: When We Were Young
Author: Christy
Rating: FR 13
Fandom/Theme: Buffy/Anita Blake
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters featured here. They belong to their respective creators and production companies.
Distribution: and TtH
Spoilers: Before the start of the Anita Blake series
Word Count: 200
A/N: This was inspired by me reading through some of the challenges on TtH and the "Slayers Never Called" challenge got my plot bunny jumping around dementedly. lol There will be quite a few drabbles that decided to bounce around in my head about this idea.
Summary: Before Addison vs. Clark, one little animator had things to wrestle with...literally.
After my mom died, I just tried to deal. Finding out I was an animator wasn't something I'd planned, but Abuela helped me channel it after my father came to her for help. I do remember one incident from the summer I was about thirteen. I was out back, practicing my breathing exercises when I heard my grandmother yelling. So I poked my head around the side of the house to see her on the veranda with her guest.
"Missus Blake, she needs to be taught how to harness her powers. Slayers are the last line of defense against vampires, even if most of the world knows what they are," coaxed a voice in a cultured British accent.
"I don't care where you are from, Mr. Travers, but my granddaughter is not something to be bartered with. I am training her how to deal with her power of raising the dead. Whether or not she will learn how to slay vampires is up to her- NOT you. I will not let her lose more of her childhood than she already has. You will have to look elsewhere for your potenciales...you won't be getting one from this family," she said frostily.