A Walk in the Clouds
by Nykademis
Of Dreams and Dreamers
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Author's Notes: One of the more interesting realities for Buffy. The Powers really should think about where they send her and at what time.
Title: A Walk in the Clouds/ Of Dreams and Dreamers
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Buffy found herself caught up in Faith's wet kisses. Then she remembered the last place she'd seen the raven slayer. And with whom she'd seen her with.
And kissing.
Buffy pulled away ready to let into Faith with all the fury she had.
Then time froze.
"No no no" Vaya turned Buffy's rage filled eyes away from Faith's still form.
Buffy looked from her guide to her fellow slayer "She was kissing my sister!"
"Not this Faith" Vaya tapped Buffy's cheek none to gently "Dawn doesn't even exist on this plane. When you and Faith closed the HellMouth the Monks saw fit to hide the Key elsewhere"
"That's right I'm Dawn free" Buffy sighed and looked at the gently closed eyes of the beautiful young woman before her. Tracing her finger over Faith's nose and mouth and studied the still form and sighed "I used to have dreams like this. With the HellMouth closed and us living a normal life"
"You don't quite live a normal life here Buffy" Vaya reminded her.
"Uh Buffy?"
Buffy and Vaya turned to find Tara not frozen but studying them both with rapt curiousity.
"Tara!" Buffy rushed the pull the Wiccan into her arms "Oh my god Tara I'm so glad to see you"
The shy woman wrapped her arms around the slayer squeezing gently "Why did you miss me alot since lunch?"
"You have 'no' idea" Buffy sat back on her heels and just stared at her friend for long moments "You're a very special person Tara did you know that?"
The Wiccan leaned forward slightly bringing her hair to cover her blushing face "No I'm not"
"Yes you are Tara" Buffy pushed the thick blonde hair away so she could see Tara clearly "I know this is gonna sound weird. But you make a really big difference in Willow's life. And I really don't want her to miss out on that. She's pretty special herself. And you two together, well let's just say. Wow"
Tara turned a curious gaze on Buffy as she mulled over what was being said "You're glowing"
"She shouldn't be able to see that" Vaya said through clenched teeth.
Buffy shot Vaya a quick glance before turning all her attention on Tara who was studying Vaya "Can you see her?"
"Her? Meaning the little girl in the Bunny suit then yes I can see her" Tara smiled "Has Anya?"
Buffy collapsed in hysterics as Tara watched Vaya quizzically.
"You really shouldn't be able to see me. And you should be frozen anyway" Vaya stomped to stand before the Wiccan.
"Well you're standing right in front of me. Why are they frozen anyway?" Tara reached out to touch Vaya and was surprised when her hand passed through the child as if one of them were a ghost.
"Buffy here was about the light into Faith about something she didn't do" Vaya thumbed Buffy's way.
The blonde was waving a hand before Faith's eyes and making funny faces at her.
"Oh well.." Tara turned her attention back to the child "What exactly is going on?"
"Buffy's being transfered between realities. She's been given the choice of choosing her ideal life" Vaya explained.
"What did you do to deserve that?" Tara's eye's lit up "Did you save some Demi God or something?"
"No actually. I.." Buffy paused thinking about her answer "I saved the world. Alot"
"Oh. Neat" Tara chuckled and hid behind her hair.
"Yeah. I'm unfreezing them now. Back to kissy stuff with Faith" Vaya snapped her fingers and disappeared as the world began to move once more.
"That was.." Buffy muttered.
"Weird" Tara finished.
"Huh what?" Faith's eyes fluttered back open and she stared hotly at Buffy "Why'd you stop kissing me?"
"We have an audience" Buffy covered glad she hadn't heard what she and Tara had said.
"Buffy. Willow's seen us kiss before" Faith pulled Buffy's lips back to her's, nipping at them in a way she knew inflamed the slayers senses.
"Ok" Buffy's sighed and knocked Faith back on the bed. She could get used to this. Faith was affectionate in a way Buffy had only experienced once.
She'd been a nervous teenager then. Now she was a more self assured woman.
Besides. Willow wouldn't judge her for it.
She, too was after all, preferred the touch of the fairer sex.
"You know I always wondered why you too didn't get together until after high school" Willow said from her position of happy cuddles with Tara.
"Uh peer pressure?" Faith guessed pressing herself firmly into Buffy's strong arms.
"Actually I had a rather large crush on you Willow" Buffy managed with a straight face.
Faith turned her face into Buffy's chest to hide her laughter.
Willow paled to an unhealthy white "R-r-really?"
Buffy took pity on her friend.
"Maybe just a little one"
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"Giles the G-man the G-minator" Xander was heard taunting as Buffy, Faith, Willow and Tara entered Giles apartment the next morning.
Faith bounced from left to right on her toe's still buzzing with energy. She and Buffy hadn't gotten around to being alone long enough to rid the younger slayer of her extra energy.
"Xander if you do not stop that infernal-" Giles came rushing out of her kitchen carrying a rather large sharp knife "interpretation of my name - hello Buffy ladies- I will make you carve this blasted bird"
"Oh don't make with the threats now" Xander turned to face Giles from his perch on the man's couch "I've been calling you names for hour's. Don't get all manly now that the women folk have arrived"
"Xander do shut up"
Buffy nearly froze at the unexpectedly familiar voice that came from above stairs.
Jenny Calendar wandered down to join the group with Anya (as a brunette) close on her heels.
"Willow is this the girl you can't seem to stop talking about?" Jenny approached Tara slowly with her hands outstretched ready to welcome her "Hi I'm Jenny"
"I'm T-tara" Tara managed above a whisper. She was used to greeting people in her softest voice to avoid stuttering.
"Oh don't whisper sweetheart you have such a lovely voice" Jenny touched Tara's face gently before moving on to Faith and Buffy "How are my girls" She embraced the two placing motherly kisses on both their cheeks "Faith honey stand still"
"I'm kinda edgy" Faith screwed up her mouth when she glanced at Buffy before taking a seat on the couch next to Xander.
"You're very attractive" Anya said to Tara in greeting "I'm just making sure you're gay. I don't want you stealing my Xander"
Tara blushed bright red and Willow turned bright red for a completely different reason.
"Anya for the last time" Willow growled grabbing the ex-demon roughly by the arm.
"Willow!" Jenny and Tara called to her at the same time.
Anya was trying unsuccessfully to remove her arm from Willow's tight grasp though the girl was having none of it.
"If you continue to embarass her I will..." Willow threatened only to stop speaking when Xander moved his bulk between his friend and his lover.
"Willow calm down" Xander held her shoulders and forced her to look into his eyes "She doesn't understand about things, you know, like tact and the fact that no one here would 'ever' date me"
"I'd date you" Buffy smiled brightly as Anya turned wild eyes her way "But I'm gay. Yeah that's right I'm a real big dyke" Buffy turned the toothpaste smile on Giles who stood with the knife tucked under his arm as he cleaned his glasses.
"Oh Buffy stop. He'll buff the damn lens off soon" Jenny grumbled pushing her poor husband back into the kitchen "Now if you can all behave we have business to get down too"
As they all filed into the kitchen Anya pulled Buffy aside.
"You're in love with Faith right? You don't really want my Xander" Anya's eyes were wide and just a little bit scared.
"Yes Anya. I'm in love with Faith" Buffy rolled her eyes as she entered the kitchen.
Anya took in a large sigh of relief and followed.
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"And you say the witch could see you?"
Vaya nodded at the large gray cloud (which was the form the powers that be had chosen to appear to her in) she spoke to in Nowhere.
The place had been reverted back to it's original design of black nothingness on black nothingness.
She was sorely missing the furniture.
"That is not possible"
"It happened. She saw me" Vaya grimaced "Bunny suit and all"
The cloud rumbled turning a darker shade of gray "Do you believe the witch will keep the secret?"
Vaya thought for a moment. Goind through her nearly 1000 years of memory she chalked up one thought.
"Are you sure she's just a witch?"
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"Ok so one of you has to take the 'Bleeding Walls' in Nebraska, and the other gets the 'Omnipotent Child' in Connecticut" Jenny crossed off the problems from their list of 'Things to Look Into to Avoid an Apocolypse'.
"Ok are you sure Cordelia can't get the Omnipotent Child?" Faith questioned "It seems more up her alley. You know with her being a Seer and all"
"True" Jenny bit her lip in consideration "Then we can check into that Siamese Snake thing"
"Snakes?" Willow frowned "I'm not liking the snakes"
Jenny gave the young woman a look "You don't seem to have a problem when my anti-viruses take on a serpentine form"
"That because those are good happy computer saving snakes" Willow pouted and smiled at her mentor and friend.
"The serpent holds a high place with Wiccans. Even when using white magic" Tara pointed out in a whisper.
"She's right you know" Jenny sat back from her laptop and smirked at the flinching Wiccan.
Willow shot Tara a mock glare and pouted "Did you have to take her side?"
"She was right" Tara shrugged starting to feel comfortable.
"We should really get back to-" Giles stopped mid-sentence drawing worried glances from Buffy Tara and Jenny.
Who were the only ones that remained unfrozen.
"Vaya really, I mean you're seriously interrupting my-" Buffy moved to complain when the child held up a silencing hand.
"Tara's not just a witch. She's a mage" Vaya managed to look serious in clad in the bunny suit as she was.
"She's a mage? Really, I've never met one before" Jenny sat forward startling the other three women.
"And why isn't she frozen?" Buffy huffed motioning comically towards Jenny.
"Jenny makes her own rules" Vaya shrugged "Besides I respect her too much"
"You kn-know each other?" Tara stood shaking slightly.
"The soul that inhabits Jenny's consciousness is older than I am" Vaya smiled at the dark haired techno pagan "Though none of us understands why she embraces this techno foolishness"
"Because this 'techno foolishness' as you call it, has allowed me to form an international sacred circle that could prevent the end of the human world as we know it" Jenny said calmly "What have you done to end up in the bunny suit?"
"The powers whose name I distort" Vaya said simply "Anyway I'm here about Tara. She's an intergral part of this dimension. She must stay close to Buffy and her... Scoobies" Vaya frowned at the name "Which one of you is Velma?"
"Xander" Buffy and Jenny said in unison.
"Well" Vaya sighed at the news she was about to submit "This reality has just been name unfit for your choosing, you're to be reassigned to you next choice immediately"
"But I like this one. I want to see it through. Besides I need to drag Willow to see the Siamese snake" Buffy whined and pouted pointed to the redhead who sat frozen staring where Jenny had been.
Vaya sighed sending a mental plea to the powers to allow the slayer her boon. When her question was answered she turned back to the unfrozen few left of the group "They'll allow it, but they want you to know you can't keep bending the rules"
"Geez I can't even run my own choice of lives" Buffy huffed and moved back to her seat next to Faith "Now unfreeze them and lets get this show on the road"
"They also want you to know they're only giving you 2 hours. I suggest to allieviate Faith's extra energy before you go. It'll make you both feel better" Vaya winked knowingly at Buffy before vanishing.
Buffy blinked rapidly before turning to Jenny "Did she just tell me to sleep with Faith?"
"Don't you already?" Xander shifted his gaze between Buffy and Faith.
Willow looked slightly confused unsure of how Tara had gotten so many feet away from her in a split second. And why Jenny seemed to be looking into her more than 'at' her.
"Yeah. Well, me and the Willster will take the Siamese snake. She does after all need to learn to appreciate a familiar with such a high standing in her craft" standing and pulling Faith up along with her "Faith and Tara can take the bleeding walls in Hillbillie Central" pulling her sister slayer to her, she embraced her and sniffed delicately at her neck "But until then Faith and I have some...things to take care of"
"But Buffy I baked and everything" Giles stood his hands still covered in oven mits "Jenny didn't even help this time"
"Save us some we'll be back in a few" tugging the darker slayer along behind her, they both vanished into the night.
"Wow those must be some orgasms to leave a family gathering for" Anya considered the differences of sleeping with a slayer.
"If the sounds they make are any indication they're...wait did I just agree with you?" Willow slumped and covered her eyes. Tara moved to her quickly kissing her fingers and whispering in her ear.
"I think those two may be meant for each other" Jenny mumbled to her husband as they watched the two witches bond before them.
"It's about time Willow had some happiness" Giles smiled and returned to the kitchen with his wife on his heels "I never thought she'd survive her last ordeal"
Jenny merely stared at him sadly in agreement 'she wasn't supposed to'.
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Buffy and Faith made it to the entrance doors of Stevensen Hall before Faith attacked.
Slamming the blond slayer against the closest available wall and assaulting her with kisses meant to inflame her even more so than she already was.
On the way home Buffy had calmly and politely informed Faith of what she wanted to do to her once she got her alone. A ploy which never failed to arouse the younger slayer to the point of desperation.
"Mmmm" Buffy managed as she tried to shove the equally strong girl off her "Faith" she groaned when she managed to get her lips free of Faith's ardent kisses "Can't we take this somewhere private"
"When I finished with you, no part of you will be private from me again" Faith grolwed before dragging Buffy quickly up the stairs.
The locked door of the dorm room was a momentary set back. Faith licked and nibbled at Buffy's neck and ears as she rummaged for her key. Buffy wanted, no, needed to get into the room within the next ten seconds or some lucky co-ed was gonna get the show of their life.
Finally she found the key, opened the door with a growl and pulled Faith inside with enough force to send the girl stumbling onto the bed.
Faith spun in her stumble trying to rebalance herself only to have the backs of her knees hit the bed and send her tumbling down. Buffy was on her in seconds, pressing their clothed chests together and kissing Faith until air became a serious problem. Due to the lack there of.
"Get. Out. Of. Your. Clothes" Faith growled as she tugged and pulled at Buffy's demin covered form.
Leaning up and straddling Faith she quickly pulled off her light jacket and tugged up the crop top.
The shirt made it to her clavicle before Faith could take it anymore. Leaning up she captured Buffy's nipple through her blue cotton bra. Grasping the dark head to her Buffy's mind flashed back to some of the heavy make out sessions she'd held with Faith in her reality. She'd been too afraid to let it get to far. Whenever Faith had headed south she'd put a stop to it. She didn't have that planned for this encounter.
Sliding her hands behind Buffy, Faith unclasped her bra and nudged the loosened fabric away from her nummy treat. When her lips met the bare skin of Buffy's nipples the older slayer jerked letting out a surprised moan.
"You were always so sensitive here" Faith chuckled around the nipple in her mouth. Turning suddenly she flipped Buffy onto her back and reversed their positions. Before the other slayer could make a sound in protest Faith de-vested her of all her clothing before standing before her and slowly removing her own.
Buffy had seen Faith nude before. Even without her borrowed memories. There had been many a time she'd had to clean a wound or stitch up the younger girl. She'd been appreciative of her form even then, though she was too busy with her hazardous teenaged life to really think much about it.
So she simply lay back and enjoyed the view.
Faith slowly began peeling the skin tight leather, Buffy used to tease her about, from her body. Starting with her vested top she loosened the strings that held the short vest-bodice together over her breast which were bare.
"You keep running around like that Faithy and your tits will be to your knees by the time you're thirthy" Buffy tease though she didn't take her eyes off Faith's plum colored nipples.
"And you'll still want them when they're down to my knees" Faith said cockily as she licked her lips and moved her hands down to her pants.
Buffy leaned forward giving Faith's leather encased ass one last squeeze before helping her manuever the form fitting pants down her trim legs.
Kicking the pants off her ankles and away from her to join the pile already on the floor, Faith stood her legs apart studying the blonde beauty whom she'd never thought would love her back.
"While I'm enjoying the view, I think it's time for your close up" Buffy said as she staring at Faith through her lowered lashes. A look of pure wanton need on her face.
"Oh really?" Faith cocked a hip giving her a sly glance.
Buffy lunged forward pulling Faith atop her and attacking her breasts like a starving man at a free banquet. Faith gasped and shuddered at Buffy's mouth worked magic on her body. Working her fingers into the sheets she let out several small tortured moans as Buffy worked her way down her body.
First torturing both nipples, licking and nibbling and biting them much like Faith had done to her, then licking her way down Faith's torso to her navel, dipping her tongue in briefly tickling her while she dragged her hands down and cupped the firm ass she so often admired.
Faith bit her lip to keep from crying out when Buffy firmly grasped her ass. She shuddered when the tiny hands slid forward to carress her, stroking from her clit back before returning to the engorged little nub.
Buffy flicked and pinched at Faith while she slid even further down, until she was looking up into the promised land. She had the vague idea that she'd never actually gone down on Faith, but she was going to change that. And after a moment she felt Faith realize it as well.
"Sit" Buffy commanded as she tugged gently on Faith's slit wanting her to bring her hips down to meet her mouth.
"Buffy, but-" Faith's voice cracked and broke off when Buffy once again tugged at her clit.
"Sit baby. I want you to sit on my face" not waiting for Faith to answer or even comply she simply pressed the girls hips down until she could taste the thick love juices on her lips.
At the first taste of the warm sweet and slightly tangy liquid she dove into her lover, licking and sucking at every drop. Dipping briefly into the well of her passion before returning to the swollen nub of her need. Placing her fingers where her tongue had once been Buffy pressed into Faith gently until the younger slayer grunt, and thrust herself pushing Buffy's fingers further inside.
"More" Faith managed rolling her hips pressing Buffy's mouth even firmly against her "Please Buffy more"
Ever ready to oblige she slid in a fourth finger, stretching Faith slightly when she slid her hand in flat. Once inside Buffy curled up her fingers brushing again a soft flat point inside Faith that made the other slayer squeal and press harder.
'Someone's gotta g-spot' Buffy chuckled and decided to milk it for all it was worth. Continuously she brushed against the same spot, drawing the same reaction. Each brushed caused the grip around her fingers to become more vise-like, the wetness she was continuously drinking in to come more rapidly, and the helpless sounds Faith was making to come more frequently.
Faith was dripping wet and breathless, her voice only managing a constantly broken plea for Buffy to finish.
Finally Buffy took pity on her and sucked Faith's clit into her mouth, flicking her tongue over it rapidly she brought her lover to climax.
Faith barely had time to bury her face in the pillow when she let out a scream would would have left a normal woman hoarse or even voiceless. She jerked in twitched as her internal spasms didn't let up. Buffy continued to move inside her throughout her climax, drawing every delicious little inner tremble to the forefront. Each becoming it's own tiny orgasm, until Faith was spent to the point she had to push herself away from Buffy's lips or pass out.
Leaning up she watched Faith's spent and tired form continue to shake and jerk as she came down from her mind blowing orgasm, her own wet slit contracting in sympathy. Sighing the older slayer lay back, the taste of her lover on her lips, and the satisfaction of relieving the 'antsy' in the greatest way possible written across her face.
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Buffy opened her eyes sometime later and groaned. She'd fallen asleep in bed next to Faith only to wake up somewhere else.
Well Nowhere to be exact. Though she was still nude.
"Kudos slayer. I don't think she'll walk for a few hours after that one" Vaya smiled slyly as she circled Buffy with a knowing gleam in her eye.
"Hm" Buffy chuckled humorlessly "Can I have some clothes?"
Vaya looked, to what an earthbound person would say, 'heavenward' and tilted her head in question and shrugged turning back to the wanderfully undressed slayer "No"
Buffy shook her head in digust and stood "Ok what's next, hit me with it already"
Vaya smiled and took in the woman before her with an appreciative glance.
"Eww you're a kid!" Buffy spun covering everything a porn king would want.
"I'm almost as old as Anya" Vaya rolled her eyes "But since you want to be a prude"
"You're still in a Bunny Suit" Buffy glanced over her shoulder. Vaya was wearing a pissed looked that defied even the rosy cheecked pink clad form she presented.
"I don't think they liked their nickname" Vaya sighed giving a half smile reminiscent of Tara's "I'll have to think up more"
"Well can you do it when I have CLOTHES ON!?" Buffy growled.
"Oh yeah sure" Vaya waved a careless hand, instantly clothing Buffy in fitting jeans and her favorite shirt.
"Hey!" Buffy advanced towards the girl menacingly.
"Sorry but what can I say. I can appreciate the female form" Vaya laughed as she vanished. Her amused chuckles still ringing though she appeared to be gone.
In the complete blackness of Nowhere a single white door appeared. Opening by itself it gave Buffy a view of clouds and a gorgeous blue sky.
"Enjoy" Vaya voice rang out.
"I really hate this part" Buffy closed her eyes and took a faithful step out the door expecting to fall.
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TBC