A young woman was walking through the dark and dangerous streets of Sunnydale. Her wine coloured eyes looked from left to right for any danger that might be lurking in the shadows, waiting to take a large bite out of her neck. "Well looky here, a little girl walking all alone."

"Of course I can't take a step through Sunnydale without a vamp stopping me" the woman sighed deeply in annoyance and dropped her large duffle bag and suitcase, she brought her hands up in a defensive position and looked at the vamp with a bored expression "come on then, you haven't got all night" the vampire growled and lunged towards the young woman, his face changed into a demonic expression, golden eyes shined and canines grew "let's play."

Spike was heading to his dusty old crypt to watch Passions when his heightened senses heard fighting, thinking it was the Slayer he changed directions and casually walked over to where he heard the grunts and growls of his fellow vampire. "Well that certainly is not the Slayer" his baby blue eyes looked at the new arrival intensely. This girl was a skilled fighter for a human, she was dodging the attacks of the vampire and hitting him back with her own "a pretty little thing" he muttered to himself, the girl looked older than the Slayer as her hips were wider and her breasts were larger as well, the Slayer's body only just began growing into a more womanly figure- yes he looked at her, he may be a vampire but he was still a man- hence why he noticed how more well-endowed in the woman department this woman was. The girl had stark black hair tied into a high ponytail and a fringe that framed her face nicely, her skin was pale but not inhumanly so and her eyes were a deep wine colour, something that wasn't common in humans. Her clothes showed that she wasn't actively hunting vampires, she wore a grey hoodie, grey jeans, and boots.

"I really need to get to my mate's place before it gets late so can we make this quick" the woman drawled in a heavy British accent, her tone showed boredom that she should not have whilst fighting a bloodsucker. The woman pulled out a stake and kicked the vampires shin so he would topple over, with a grunt she rammed her stake into the vamps heart and watched as he turned to dust "the vamps here are so easy to kill" she blew a strand away from her face and walked over to her duffle bag and suitcase, with a deep breath to calm her racing heart she walked on as if she never fought in the first place.

"What a strange woman" he shook his head and reached into his pockets to pull out a cigarette and lighter.

"You know smoking is bad for you" Spike jerked his head up from his cigarette to see the strange woman looking at him with a smirk "what? Didn't think I would notice you?"

"You shouldn't have noticed me."

"I've known about vampires my entire life, I know how to spot one" she crossed her arms over her chest "So you gonna tell me why you're standing there watching me?"

"I heard fighting and came to check it out, you're pretty good at dusting vamps."

"I'd rather not be dinner for a vampire if I can help it."

"So you trained in martial arts?"

"Yeah, it's a great feeling to be able to kick ass" Spike chuckled deeply "anyway I need to head to my mate's place before she goes to sleep, see ya around vamp."

"Oi, what's your name?" Spike called to her when she turned to leave.

"Eris Vanzetti, you?"

"Spike."

"Well Spike, see you around" she waved to him lazily as she grabbed her suitcase once more and walked away.

"You certainly will pet."

Eris stepped onto a porch and smiled, it's been years since she had stood before this door, it was lit up almost like whoever lived there was waiting for her. She knocked on the door and smiled as she heard excited chatter and a young voice yelling over and over to open the door "Eris!" a young girl with brown hair jumped towards the ravenette, nearly knocking her over.

"Well if it isn't my little Dawnie" she gently pushed the young girl away and looked at her sweetly "How is my favourite person doing?"

"Great now that you're here."

"Hey I thought I was your favourite person," a girl with blonde hair said from behind the brunette.

"You're under the best friend category, Buffy."

"Come on Eris! Moms making dinner, are you hungry?" Dawn rambled as she dragged Eris to the kitchen where Joyce was cooking "Mom look, Eris is back."

"My look how much you have grown" Joyce walked around the island and hugged her pseudo daughter "I hope you haven't eaten, I made your favourite" Eris gasped excitedly.

"Creamy bacon Carbonara?" Joyce nodded and watched as Eris jumped up and down like a little kid.

"Hey, Eris I put your stuff in the spare room" Buffy walked into the room and hopped onto one of the stools "Sooo did you bring me back any presents from LA?"

"Yes I did but you will have to wait until the rest of the gang comes here" Buffy let out a whine and gave Eris puppy eyes "That stopped working on me years ago" the blondette huffed "be patient Buffy, you told me on the phone that the gang are coming over tomorrow so you can have your present then."

"Do I get a present?" Dawn asked.

"Of course, and Joyce too" for the rest of the night the Summers and Vanzetti talked about anything and everything.