A Dark Future
Part 1
Disclaimer: The following characters belong to Joss Wedon, Mutant Enemy, and whoever else holds legal copyright documentation. There is no harm intended so please do not sue.
Acknowledgements: I would like to thank the following people: Alex (who betaread parts 1-8), Anja K (who did the very first betareading for part 1 before other things intervened), and Alanna (who did a second betareading over parts 1-8 and will be doing the betareading for any subsequent parts).
Author notes: character thoughts in < >. Also when this was originally written Graduation Day II had not yet aired (yes I'm in the U.S. and we had the heavy hand of censorship placed on us for a bit) so I made up my own ending in which Anya came back to assist the gang in stopping the ascention and in which Angel didn't leave right away.
A Dark Future Part 1
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***A Cemetary in Sunnydale***
"Come out where ever you are vampires." stated Buffy to no one in particular. This patrol had been one of the most boring she had ever been on. However, keeping up the search for any stray vampires still in town from the ascension allowed her to keep her mind off Angel leaving. She knew she would have to deal with it sooner or later but she didn't feel she was ready to actually deal with him leaving. She had thought she had been, but the fact of his leaving tomorrow was effecting her more than she had thought it would. she thought. She wasn't really surprised at the lack of vampire activity lately as most of the local vamps had temporarily scattered after the demonic mayor had been destroyed after the failed ascension.
"Homni, zacara, solimni, queloom, majenetic." came a chanting voice just around the bend.
Buffy thought as she rounded the bend only to come face to face with five vampires standing in front of one robed figure. The robed figure stood holding an open book and chanting.
"Okay, no spell casting and/or chanting after midnight fellas." Buffy said as the group of vampires attacked. She was initially surprised at the fact that the five vampires did not seem to be fighting as aggressively as they normally would.
Mean while the robed figure continued canting "Nockmer, Galdoom, Galipso, Vampirus, Impolorenieus."
"Come On guys, with the way your going at it I'm surprised you even tried." the slayer stated at she spun and staked an oncoming vampire leaving just two left. Suddenly the chanting stopped and nothing happened.
"Well, well, mister robed big shot came up short" Buffy said as she staked the last two vampires. "Now, I want to know what you are doing chanting in the middle of a grave yard wearing your bath robe?"
Suddenly she felt a tremendous pain all over her body."OH!" she screamed as it felt as if the very fiber of herself was getting torn out of her with barbed wire. Then the robed figure spoke "Amazing what you can find if you look hard enough, by the way the reason you're in such pain is the simple fact that when a soul is taken out by force it is rather painful. Now allow me to give you a little history lesson. How do you suppose the first vampire was created, you just think some demon waved his hand and a vampire was created out of nowhere, no not at all. What happened was that demons left spells behind to help their cause on Earth. In the case of this spell it was falsely label a spell of immortality. So eventually it was found and with this false belief in effect was cast on a dying man in the hopes of saving him. The spell saved his body but let's just say it didn't do his soul any good. This of course created the first vampire."
The man paused as Buffy screamed again. "Hmm, must have a very strong soul for it to take this long. Oh, by the way don't feel bad about not knowing this as this book is not known to anyone but a few vampires who had believed it destroyed long ago that's why your watcher never told you about it." It was at this point that Buffy Summers had fallen unconscious.
the man thought. Not more than two minutes later Buffy popped up sporting full game face and a smile. "Now let me guess," she began,"you want to be the great high vampire bossman. You found this book to turn me into a vampire and then you take over using me as the vampire equivalent of your strong woman."
The male vampire seemed a bit startled she had figured it out this quick much less that she was awake this quickly. "That's right though you know you could always be "upgraded" to companion after I take over." he said with a leer.
"You know that would be great," she said as she quickly produced a stake and used it. "but I have a better idea. I think I'll take over."
*****
Harris Residence 3:00 A.M.
Bring!, Bring!, Bring!
"Wha, huh." Xander Harris woke with a start and answered the phone.
"Hello, Buffy!, you need help okay were, bring Anya, okay." With that Xander dressed and left the house with his thoughts focused on helping Buffy.
*****
Outside Sunnydale high School 4:30 A.M.
"I don't know about this Xander." Anya stated nervously.
"Buffy knows what she's talking about." Xander said defensively as he was beginning to have doubts himself about being in front of the school so late.
"Guys, good thing you came 'cause I really need you." Buffy said just coming into view from around the corner of the school.
"Buffy, could you tell us how we can help." Xander stated, his doubts evaporating with the appearance of his friend.
"Um, Xander, I really think I should talk to you in private." Anya whispered nervously, she didn't know what but something was definitely striking her as wrong about this.
"Anya, Buffy needs us." Xander whispered fiercely.
"Guys, I can show you what's up. Just follow me around this corner." Buffy said.
As Xander and Anya rounded the corner he saw Willow and Oz on the ground with blood trickling from small holes in their necks. As they started to scream Buffy was on them. Anya was knocked unconscious and Xander while capable of fighting back couldn't seem to fight the friend that he had come to depend on being there. Xander was easy to deal with. As Xander drifted into the death before the change Buffy turned her attention to Anya and changed her as well.
*****
5:00 A.M.
Buffy smiled to herself, getting her friends to go to her was so easy. Hopefully they would be as evil as vampires as they were good as humans. Tomorrow she would get Willow to use that spell in the book to turn Angel back to the vampire he was before those gypsies had cursed him with a soul and every thing would be perfect. Well, almost, they would probably have to leave town to begin with.
The watchers would probably have wanted to talk to her after she had told Wesley that she wasn't going to be their slayer anymore. They would definitely want to talk to her now that she had killed her watcher. She had decided that after they got Angel they would leave the Hellmouth temporarily. Chances were the next slayer would be from somewhere else and she was hoping to herself that they would run into the slayer before word got out about her little change. She continued to think of how best to put her plans into motion as she drifted off into what a vampire would refer
to as ‘sleep’.
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