Childhood
Part 1
PAIRING: Willow/Oz, Xander/Faith
Spike/Drusilla Jeff/Lita
Trish/Matt
RATING: PG-15
DISCLAIMER: Buffy belongs to
Joss Whedon, WWE belongs to Vince McMahon and Raven belongs to Scott Levy
SUMMARY: A cult of demons finally figures out the perfect way to stop
the Slayer interfering.
NOTES: Set after the
Buffy Season 3 finale but Angel and Buffy were never a couple so we
didn’t have the whole Angelus arc. He left Sunnydale on good terms with Buffy.
Also Faith never turned evil and she and Buffy are like sisters.
NOTES: Raven and Jeff never
went to TNA they are still with the WWE
Notes: For the purpose of this
story both Hank and Joyce are dead and Giles is Buffy’s guardian.
“You sure this will work
Damon” Themos the tallest of the
Gragna demons asked the other one currently looking through the spell book.
“This should work
perfectly” he tried to smile but it was more of a snarl.
“She won’t be causing us
any more trouble”.
“I seem to remember other
people saying that before” Spike yawned from the sofa where he and Drusilla
were sitting.
“And you were one of them”
Themos growled without turning around “From what I’ve heard she made fools
out of you and Angelus” He spat “Letting her walk around as if she owned the
place”
“Now now everyone’s
allowed a mistake” he hadn’t heard Drusilla sneak up behind him until he
felt her whispering in his ear.
“And Spike’s was to let
that nasty Slayer trick him” she turned him around “And yours was to speak
to him like that”.
She held her fingers out ready
to stab his eyes out but Spike’s hand stopped her “Now baby if you do that
the nice demon won’t be able to kill her”.
“William I want to dance”
she grinned holding out her arms to him.
“Well Princess you will
dance” he smiled back as he twirled her around the room.
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“I’m warning you Birdman
I’m gonna knock you out”.
“Try it and I will put you
on your ass Blondie”.
“Who’s that?” Jeff came
into the Magic Box with his
girlfriend Lita.
After the high school had been
destroyed the gang went on holiday stopping off at LA to see how Cordy,
and Angel where.
Then
Buffy, Willow, Oz, Faith Xander
and Giles visited Chicago where her
stepsister Trish lived. Giles had
rented a magic shop, which he named
The Magic Box and it had become Slayer central while they were in the city.
Because Trish was so close to
Lita, Jeff and Raven they knew about the others but nobody else got to know.
“Two guesses” Xander
groaned as he nodded to the training room where Buffy and Raven were working
out.
“They’ve been like this
for the last hour” Matt brought the book over and sat down on the seat next to
Oz.
“What started it this
time?” Lita asked as Jeff sat down and she put herself in his lap.
“Do they need a reason”
Giles sighed as he took off his glasses. “I thought when Spike left we
wouldn’t have any of this again”
“Just be glad it is him and
not Spike” Willow said from behind the counter “At least we aren’t scared
he’s gonna eat us”
They all heard a clatter from
the training room then the door burst open and Raven came storming out
“How the hell have you been
able to survive being friends with her” he growled “Makes me glad I
haven’t got many”
“Not through choice” a
female voice yelled through “No one will go near you you big stupid weirdo
guy”
“BIMBO” he shouted
“Scott” Giles groaned
“Buffy at least can have an excuse because she’s still a teenager but
you’re a grown man”
“She started it” he huffed
and crossed his arms “What are you doing anyway?” he looked over Trish’s
shoulder at her book.
“Me and B found a big ugly
demon guy last night and he tried to take a chunk out of my girl” Faith walked
around the shop floor.
“So you’re trying to find
out if he’s okay. He’d probably need a shot after biting her” he smiled.
“Watch it Pollyanna’ Faith
glared at him “Only one that gets to say that about her is me”
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“I don’t know why Spike
wasn’t here to do this” Damon sighed
“He’s too scared the
Slayer will kick his ass” Themos urged him to do the spell
“Come on so we can get this
sorted”
God of the night here my plea,
Help us your faithful three,
What’s in front of you must
cease to be,
So in everyone’s eyes we all
will see,
This child of the light,
With all the strength and
might,
Goes around walking so tall,
Take this ,
Warrior and make her small
A mist surrounded the Slayer
and when it disappeared the spell had
worked.
“Get here” Themos growled
at Damon
The demon lunged for the
Slayer and grabbed her from behind
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH”
As soon as they heard the
scream everyone lunged for the training room with Faith in front and Raven just
behind her
“What the fuck?” Lita
swore
Two demons were attacking what
looked like a little girl.
Faith grabbed the tallest and
snapped his neck before he could make a move
She went for the one holding
the girl and in the fuss she slipped out his arms and if it weren’t for Raven
grabbing her, she would have fell.
“Get her out of here now”
Faith yelled as the other one started attacking her
“Okay little one let’s get
you one of the girls” he looked down at her to see her looking up at him with
huge puppy dog eyes.
He knew it was coming before
it started “Come on princess don’t cry” but it was too late. The
floodgates opened and she started screaming her little lungs out.
“Can one of you help me”
he tried to stop her squirming.
“Give her to me” Trish
smiled and held out her arms and accepted her from him.
She walked over to the seat
and rocked and hushed the child until she calmed down.
“Who is she?” Xander
looked over
Jeff shrugged “She’s a
little cutie though” he smiled
Trish put her finger under her
chin and lifted her face up to look at her
“Shit” she said and was
rewarded with a slap on the chest by the girl “It’s not polite to swear”
she tried to glare at Trish.
“What’s wrong?” Faith
had finished killing the demons and walked back into the shop
“It’s Buffy” Trish
looked up at her
“B it can’t be?” Faith
started to say then looked at what the girl was wearing.
She had on a black T-shirt
that drowned her and the shorts were hanging off her legs and she was barefoot
“Buffy is that you?” Lita
knelt down and smiled at the smaller version of the Slayer
“We didn’t start calling
her Buffy until she was eight” Trish corrected her “She’s Elizabeth now”
“I want mommy” Buffy
sobbed
The gang all looked around not
knowing what to say
“Mommy’s on holiday
sweetheart” Raven was the first to say
“Jesus don’t tell her
that” Jeff said
“Idiot” Xander growled
Buffy suddenly quieted and
jumped off Trish’s knee and walked over to Xander
“What is it Elizabeth?” he
bent down
She drew her leg back and
kicked him as hard as she could in the knee cap
“Son of a…” he was
rewarded with another one ‘Stop sweawing” she looked up.
A pair of hands grabbed her
from behind and settled her in his arms. She was about to protest but when she
turned and saw who had her she settled into his chest.
“Tired baby?” he looked
down
“Mmmh’ she sighed.
“Okay little one let’s get
you home” he looked towards Willow who nodded and grabbed her bag and walked
out the door
“I better come back too”
Trish said “You coming baby?” she looked over at Matt
“Yeah might as well” he
looked towards Jeff
“We’ll wait and get back
with the others” Lita said
“Umm guys not wanting to
hurry you but Raven said if you don’t get your ass out in a few seconds he’s
gonna let Buffy loose” Oz popped his head around the door.
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“What the fuck?” Spike
looked at the scene that was unfolding in front of him.
The spell was only supposed to
make her lose her confidence not turn her into a rugrat.
“She’ll be easier to kill
now my Spike” Drusilla crooned
Spike shook his head “I
might do a lot of things Dru but I’m not going to kill a child”
“So what are we going to do
then?” she kept on twirling.
He looked towards where the
car had just disappeared
“I guess I’m gonna have to
find a way to fix this” his frown turned into a sneer
“Cause as soon as your big
Buffy again your gonna wish you stayed a child”
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“You sure we have everything
Xand?” Faith asked her boyfriend.
It had been a few days since
the sudden appearance of Mini Buffy as they had all started to call her and they
soon realized there wasn’t much in the way of entertainment for a five year
old.
What really shocked them was
when Raven took her out and spent hundreds of dollars buying her clothes and
toys.
For some reason she had taken
to the man and she spent most of her time with him even more than with Trish.
“Xand what’s wrong?’ she
asked when he ignored her. She turned to see what he was smiling at and had to
bite back a smile.
There on the middle of the
floor was Buffy and Raven sitting around the table using coloring in books. He
looked so funny sitting there with such a look of concentration on his face.
He noticed they were being
watched and smiled at the couple
“Didn’t know you wore
glasses Raven?” Faith walked over and Buffy scooted over to sit beside him so
she could take a seat.
“He think they make him look
silly” Buffy never looked up. She was too engrossed in keeping in the lines
that she didn’t know her tongue was hanging out.
“Can I draw something?”
Faith asked
Buffy nodded “Choose a book” then looked up at the older girl “But you
have to keep it neat k?”
Faith gave a laugh “Mini
me”
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“I don’t know who the
child is out of those three” Xander muttered as he brought the bags in.
“Here” Trish took the bags
from him and placed them on the counter.
“Giles phoned earlier.
Wesley might have a reversal spell so they’re looking into it”
“When are they coming
back?” he asked.
So it was safety in numbers
Giles, Willow, Oz and Matt had all gone to LA while the others stayed. As Faith
said between them they would be able to look after the place in Buffy’s
absence.
“A few days” Trish put the
chips in the cupboard. “I guess this means your not going back to Sunnydale
tomorrow”
“Giles doesn’t think
it’s a good idea. He thinks Buffy will be an easy target”.
Xander looked out to see Buffy
who was know sitting on Raven’s knee playing with his braids.
“It’s so weird. Adult
Buffy hates him but baby Buffy worships the ground he walks on”
“You men really don’t have
a clue do you?” Trish smiled at him. “And you wonder how we can walk over
you”
“What do you mean?” Xander
said.
Trish shook her head “How
did you and Cordelia act around each other?”
‘Oh we fought like cat and
dog”
“And what happened between
you?”
“We ended up….OH my god
she likes him” Xander realized
Raven walked into the kitchen
“Where’s Buf?” Xander
asked
“Faith took her upstairs to
get changed. She got ink all over her face” he scowled
“And that makes you mad
because…it’s drying the ink out” Xander quipped but shut up when he saw
his face “What’s wrong Raven?”
“She asked about her parents
again” he sighed as he sat down “Faith had to say they phoned last night”
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“Doesn’t Scott like me?”
Buffy said as Faith helped her into the bath.
“Who’s Scott” Faith
started rinsing her hair
Buffy beckoned her forward
“It’s Raven’s real name but he says only I can call him it”
“So why do you think he
hates you?” Faith stopped what she was doing and sat down beside her.
“Well everytime I talk about
Mommy and Daddy he goes mad”
Faith sighed and knew what she
had to do
“Come on let’s get you
washed then we’ll have a talk okay”
Buffy nodded and held her nose
like her Mommy had told her so she wouldn’t get water in it.
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“I never want to do that
again” Faith looked as if she was gonna burst into tears
“What’s wrong?” Xander
ran over to her
“I told her the truth” she
looked apologetically at Trish.
“What did she say?” Trish
said
“She cried and said that at
least she still had us”
“You shouldn’t have told
her Faith” Raven shook his head
“What else was I supposed to
do”
Nobody knew the answer
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Buffy waited until nobody was
watching then crept down the stairs and snuck out the door.
She wasn’t staying with
people who lied to her and said her Mommy was dead. She was going to find her
and prove them wrong.
The only problem was it was
ten at night and the whole street was pitch black. But she was a big girl and
her Mommy said she was very brave so she would show her just how much she was.
She got into the middle of the
high street before realizing it was a mistake and she decided to turn around and
go home.
“Hello ducks”
She looked up and saw a freaky
looking older girl and she had a funny voice.
“Do..Do I know you?” she
whimpered
“I’m Drusilla Buffy I’m
friends with your family” she smiled and held out her hand.
“Do you know where my Mommy
is?”
“I’ll take you back and
we’ll get her now” she smiled as Buffy took her hand and they walked down
the street back to Spike and the
house.
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“Ok I’ll go and get her
ready now Giles and we’ll leave as soon as possible” Trish put the phone
down.
They’ve found a spell but we
have to get here there as soon as possible. If it isn’t reversed within a week
she’ll stay that way for good”.
“Okay let’s go get her
ready” Faith said as they walked up the stairs.
“You okay?” Xander asked
Raven
“I guess” he sighed
“It’s just these last few days she’s been so nice to me and when she goes
back to Big Buffy she’ll start treating me like crap again”
“You like her?”
“I…Maybe it’s just
she’s like nobody I’ve ever met before and…”
“Know what you mean”
Xander smiled “She’s affectionate isn’t she?”
They heard a thud up coming
down the stairs
“She’s gone” Faith
yelled
“What?”
“Buffy’s not in bed.
She’s not in the house”