My amazing boyfriend has been watching Buffy, he is not that fond of it but we do talk and he helped me a lot.
I decided to take a risk, one inspired by a very specific character... something other than my go to of witches!
The Witch
David hated Sunnydale already, it was a cesspool of darkness and fear, he could feel it in waves rising off of the place from the moment he walked onto the town's soil. "So many deaths... what is this place?" he shivered as he entered Sunnydale High, only to freeze as a loud buzzing filled his brain. Confused, he followed it. He had felt similar powers before, but since it was only recently that he started to actually get a good read on his gifts, he really could not tell what he had felt in days past.
Reaching the library, he felt that buzz bolden as a man spoke, anger in his tone and aura. "This is madness! What can you have been thinking? You are the Slayer! Lives depend upon you! I make allowances for your youth, but I expect a certain amount of responsibility, and instead of which you enslave yourself to this, this...Cult?"
Concerned, he looking into the room and saw a girl, wearing a cheerleading outfit, looking really pretty.
"You don't like the color?" her aura was annoyed, but also a touch fearful and filled with an odd pain. She was the source of the buzzing.
Exasperated the man said. " Do you, um...Do you ignore everything I say as a, as a rule?"
The girl rolled her eyes. "No, I believe that's your trick." The girl skips in front of him and poses. I told you, I'm trying out for the cheerleading squad!
"You have a sacred birthright, Buffy. You were chosen to destroy vampires, not to... wave pompoms at people. And as the Watcher I forbid it."
"And you'll be stopping me how?"
"Well, I..." The older man, cute as he was, sat on the edge of the table and crosses his arms. "By appealing to your common sense, if such a creature exists."
" I will still have time to fight the forces of evil, okay? I just wanna have a life, I wanna do something normal. Something safe."
It was here that David stepped in, startling both. "If you are going to have secret convos about Vampires, you might want to be quieter." They both jumped, startled. "I could hear you from outside... and frankly, you have no situational awareness, either of you."
"We were just talking about a, a , a play and"
David stopped her with a droll stare. "Hun, I can read your emotions. I know you are full of shit." He walked over to her. "I never knew vamps were real, but I could sense powers in graveyards... interesting. Your aura is amazing, dark and light at once, strong and weak, a series of contradictions." He shrugged. "I like you, and I wanna be friends." He offered her a smile masking his great sadness. 'Your aura is filled with pain. I think that only once I was close enough to see past your powers, I could feel it. All you are is pain... I am so sorry for that, and I will happily help you.' "So, first things first... what's a Slayer? I could just take your thoughts, but I would rather us be friends. I like your outfit, and I would not be opposed to helping you out, with Slaying or whatever you call it."
The girl smiled, her aura brightening. " I would like that.. and thank you." She led him out. "What was that about you feeling my emotions?"
He smiled back. "I am gifted, I can feel things. Emotions, energies, auras... at times I can even hear thoughts, thought usually requires touch. I am only telling you this because I can feel that you are trustworthy and kind."
She blushed. "That is really nice of you to say."
"It's not me being nice, I can literally sense your goodness. I have had these powers for about a month now, it started out as horrible migraines, but turned into more when my father beat me into a near coma." he shrugged off her horror. "It's all good, I am away from him now. I choose my own path. Now, who are our friends?"
She giggled. "Willow and Xander, they're great. Come on, Willows should be close by."
Chapter end, tell me what you think in the reviews.
This was a joy to write.
Love, your Ninja Overlord,
Mika.