Fic: Something Wicked 3/?

["jillbone" <jillbone@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chapter 3 : The Friends and Family Plan

Boston 1996

	"Buffy, we really do need to talk about our new situation 
here," Giles said softly as he sat down next to his slayer.

	"New situation?!?  Giles, my parents are dead!  What are we 
gonna do now?"  Buffy looked at her sister across the room. 
Faith sat in the corner trying to look tough and not cry at the same 
time.  The blonde turned to look at Giles again with tears in her own 
eyes.  "I'm the slayer and I couldn't save them.  What
good is all this strength, all this power if I can't even save my
parents?"

	Giles gently put his hand on her shoulder.  "It was a car 
accident, Buffy.  Not a demon or a vampire you could fight.  You 
can't save everyone from everything.  It's not your
fault."  He took of his glasses, polishing the lenses and
clearing his throat awkwardly.  "The, uh, the Council has
arranged for you to come live with me.  They'll expedite all the 
legal paperwork for us. There's no need for you to move.  We can
stay here...if you like."

	Buffy looked at him, hopeful for the first time in a week.  
Then, her face fell.  "I won't go anywhere without Faith,
Giles.  She's my sister.  I won't just abandon her to foster
care or something."

	The watcher smiled a bit sheepishly, realizing he had been 
misunderstood.  "I told them you would say that.  All
arrangements would be for both you and Faith."

	The blonde's face lit up and she called over to her 
sister.  "Hey Faithy, we're gonna be ok now.  We're gonna
go live with Giles."

	Faith walked over and stood shyly next to her 
sister.  "Really?" she sniffed.  "Ok."  Buffy stood
and gave her sister a comforting hug.  Slipping his glasses back on, 
Giles also stood and embraced his new "family."




Sunnydale 1997

	Giles was sitting in the living room reading the newspaper 
when the four teenagers walked in.  Assuming it was just his slayers 
returning, he called out to them, "How was patrol tonight?" 
Looking up he finally saw the two extra teens.  "I mean, how was 
petrol tonight?  I mean...ah...dammit," he broke off stammering.

	Faith smirked at him.  "Oh come on, even I could've thought 
of something better than `petrol'."

	Buffy saw Giles glaring at her sister and sighed.  "It's ok.
They know."

	At that, the normally calm Englishman jumped out of his 
chair, dropping his paper.  "What?!?  Part of having a secret 
identity is usually keeping it a secret!"  He took off his
glasses and began cleaning them so furiously he almost popped a lens.

	Faith dropped gracelessly onto the sofa.  "Careful, G.  That 
almost sounded like sarcasm."

	"I'm sorry, Giles," Buffy said hanging her head. 
"But we really didn't have a choice.  They saw us dusting a
couple of newbies."  She looked up at him through her lashes. 
"We kinda told them that you would explain everything."

	Never one able to resist "slayer puppy eyes," he slipped his 
glasses back on.  "Alright then.  Everyone please sit down."  
Settling on the sofa next to Faith, Buffy watched Willow and Xander 
sit down watching Giles slowly pace.

	"This world is older than any of you know, and contrary to 
popular mythology, it did not begin as a paradise.  For untold eons, 
demons walked the Earth, made it their home, their Hell.  In time, 
they lost their purchase on this reality, and the way was made for 
mortal animals.  For Man.  What remains of the Old Ones are vestiges: 
certain magicks, certain creatures..."  He trailed off noticing
that he had lost everyone's focus but Willow's.

	"Yes, well, the books tell that the last demon to leave this 
reality fed off a human, mixed their blood.  He was a human form 
possessed -- infected -- by the demon's soul.  He bit another and 
another...and so they walk the Earth, feeding.  Killing some, mixing 
their blood with others to make more of their kind.  Waiting for the 
animals to die out and the Old Ones to return."

	Willow was the first to speak, albeit hesitantly.  "So those 
things we saw tonight were like half-demons?"

	At Giles' nod, Xander felt brave enough to speak up.  "So 
what are they?" he asked pointing at Buffy and Faith.

	The watcher sighed.  "That's a bit harder to explain.  Into 
each generation, a Slayer is born.  One girl, in all the world, a 
Chosen One.  One born with the strength and skill to hunt the 
vampires, to stop the spread of evil."

	Faith leaned over and stage-whispered to Buffy.  "He loves 
this part."

	"Wait a minute, wait a minute."  Xander raised his hand. 
"I may not be the best math student, but even I know that there
are two of them, not one."

	Faith's smirk instantly disappeared.  Giles looked at the 
girls uncomfortably, not sure how much information to give.  "A
new Slayer is only called after the previous Slayer has died," he
stated looking away.

	Both Willow and Xander stared at the slayers like they were 
aliens come to earth.  Willow opened and closed her mouth for a 
moment unable to gather her thoughts.  Shaking her head, she 
asked, "One of you died?"

	"I did...just a little," Buffy stated quietly.  "By the
time I was resuscitated, Faith had been called.  So now there are two 
Chosen Ones."  (Spike...If I ever see that bleach blond idiot
again) her demon warned menacingly.  (Not now) Buffy thought tamping 
down on her rage.

	Willow looked sadly at the two girls upset by the thought of 
anyone having to go through that.  She turned to Giles.  "But why
was Faith called?  Why was Buffy called in the first place?"

	"At any given moment, there are hundreds of girls throughout 
the world with the potential to become slayers.  We don't exactly 
know why a slayer is called or what criteria is used, but I do have 
an idea as to why Faith was called."  Giles paused and looked at
his slayers tenderly.  "Most slayers do not have any brothers or 
sisters.  Probably to minimize the amount of stress put on a family.  
But Faith was most likely called because of the blood she and Buffy 
share being twins."  Seeing the surprised looks on Willow and 
Xander's faces, Giles continued quickly, "Fraternal twins,
obviously."

	Buffy snuck a peek at Willow trying not to be too obvious 
while Faith grinned openly at the two teens across the room.  Willow 
was trying to wrap her head around all the had learned tonight, but 
it was difficult at the speed her thoughts were moving.  And Xander, 
predictably, was picturing the slayers naked with a vacant look on 
his face.

	Noticing the state the room had turned into, Giles cleared 
his throat.  "Why don't I give you two a ride home and we can
meet again tomorrow morning in the library?"

**********************************************************************

	Xander Harris was having trouble clearing his mind enough to 
fall asleep.  All he could think about was how odd his life was.  
(Just this morning I was worrying about what shirt to wear.  Now
it's vampires and demons and god knows what else.)  He rolled
over and sighed.  (As if I didn't have enough to worry about.  I
can't get a date to save my life, I'm failing math, and now
look, supernatural creatures.)  He closed his eyes and started to 
drift off with a little smile.  (But damn, those girls are hot.  I 
wonder if I got a shot with either of them.)

**********************************************************************

	Two blocks away, Willow Rosenberg was also having trouble 
sleeping as her mind was babbling nonstop about vampires, demons, and 
slayers.  (Oh my god.  I can't believe I saw a vampire tonight. 
I can't believe that I'm even thinking about vampires.  And
slayers.  That explains why they're so fast and strong and
well...no, it doesn't explain the leather fetish, but I'm sure
there's a good reason for that too.  What a lonely life that must 
be.  I mean Faith seems to handle it pretty well, but Buffy just 
looked...I don't know, lost or something.)  She shut off her
light and pulled the covers up.  (I can't just sit around and do
nothing now that I know about all this.  This is my town too.  There 
must be something Xander and I can do to help them.)  Yawning, her 
last thought was.  (I have to do something.)

	






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