FF: Legend chpt 17

["Sam Stoltz" <shadowmage_draco@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Legend

By Sam

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Pairing: B/W, A/C
Notes: Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to tonight's main event. in the 
corner of the Goddess, Buffy ?The Bladesinger? Summers and her opponent the 
master of disaster, the ruler of darkness, Vlad The Impaler. Are you ready 
to Rumble? (Insert theme from Rocky here) Hope you enjoy. I thrive on 
feedback, so send it if you wish, it will be greatly appreciated.

CHPT 17: Wrath of the Bladesinger

Cordelia sat down on Angel's lap and wrapped her arms around her newfound 
love. The concern she had for Angel rapidly increased as Buffy?s words from 
last night ran through her mind, (Vlad has went to far first he almost takes 
Willow from me, then he hurts her by murdering her father, and now this. 
The time has come to end it.) Cordelia tilted her head towards Angel and 
pressed her lips softly against his.

Angel smiled at Cordelia and inquired about the unexpected kiss, ?Not that I 
mind but what was that for??

?For good luck.?

Angel grinned and then pulled her closer to him, ?I think I am going to need 
all the luck I can get.?

Cordelia smiled at Angel as she leaned in for another kiss, ?I think that 
can be arranged.?

After Buffy had finished her morning exercises she walked over to her and 
Willows bed. She bent over her sleeping lover and woke up the redhead by 
delicately. She smiled at Willow as she ran her hand accrosed her beloved 
forehead, ?Time to get up sleepy head.?

?Do I have to??

?Yes, everyone else is most likely already up by now, and we should go over 
what we need to do tonight.?

?Can?t I lay her a little longer,? replied Willow, who did not want to get 
out of bed quite yet.

?Only if you an give me a good reason why?

Willow sat up in bed and put her hand on the back of Buffy?s head then 
pulled her into a passionate kiss.

After the kiss broke Buffy slid up next to Willow and wrapped her arms 
around her beloved, ?I think another hour or so of waiting won?t kill them,? 
she replied before she returned Willow?s kiss.

Eamonn sat accrosed the table looking at Giles, ?You know that my time here 
is coming to an end. The Bladesinger wishes to face the master vampyre and 
make him pay for the pain that he has caused her and her champion.?

Giles voice was filled with worry for his two surrogate daughters as he 
spoke to the druid high priest, ?Are they ready to face him??

?Both the Bladesinger and her Champions skills are complete, I believe Vlad 
Tepes will be in for quite a surprise when he faces them.?

?That?s good but I still have one concern about them facing the master 
vampyre. I have always told Buffy that she should always go into battle 
with a clear head and I think her motivation to face him takes that away 
from her.?

?Why do you say that??

?She seems caught up in making Vlad pay for what he did to Willow, the fact 
that he is the master vampyre or that he was strong enough to open then 
close the Hellsmouth appear to be of no concern to her. I am afraid she 
might rush in their with nothing but vengeance on her mind and Vlad Tepes 
might be able to use that to his advantage.?

Eamonn sat back in his chair and smiled, ?You are going to make them a very 
good advisor. Your concern for them is strong and your advise is sound. 
However you still have much to learn about the Bladesinger, but that will 
have to wait till you accompany me to the forever. For now I will do what I 
can to put your mind at ease. Yes Vlad Tepes opened the Hellsmouth and 
closed it, but they destroyed everything that came from it and then sealed 
it for all time. It is revenge that the Bladesinger seeks. In her mind it 
was Vlad Tepes not the awakening that caused her to be separated from her 
champion, and it was Vlad Tepes who made her beloved hurt by killing the 
girls father. She is aware of what he did with the Hellsmouth but to her 
that was just another way that He endangered her beloved. So while it might 
be vengeance that drives her to face him, it is her love for her champoin 
that fuels that vengeance. It is the same love that enabled the two of them 
to seal the Hellsmouth, and that love that will help her destroy the master 
Vampyre.?

?I think I'm begining to understand, but I have another question. How will 
their love for one another aid in the master vampyre?s destruction??

?Have you ever seen the power that can be called upon when someone is trying 
to protect or avenge those who they care the most about??

?Yes?

?Then imagine what the Bladesinger, the chosen warrior of the Goddess 
herself, is capable of doing when she feels that someone has harmed her 
soulmate.?

As Giles sat back in his chair and pondered the words of the druid and 
smiled as he began to realize what Eamonn was saying. Vlad Tepes would soon 
meet his match, instead of facing a Slayer and a witch he was going to face 
a infuriated Bladesinger and her Champion.

Over a hundred vampires stood in the main chamber of the master vampyres 
lair awaiting for the sun to go down. Looking at the army he had created 
Vlad knew that the time had come to destroy the Witch and her slayer. The 
master vampyre turned to his prodigy and spoke, ?The demons have had an 
entire night to complete their task, the time for my revenge has come, 
Those two girls will not see another sunrise.?

An evil smirk came accrosed Spikes face, ?And neither will her precious 
friends, Master.?

?Yes, soon they all will be dead then the new order can begin.?

As the sun began to give way to the night Buffy and Willow marched hand in 
hand towards the campus. behind them Where Angel, Eamonn, and Giles all of 
them armed with broad swords and stakes. Xander and Archer were next, both 
men carried super soakers loaded with holy water and wore swords at their 
side. The Two slayers in training brought up the rear wielding crossbows 
and carrying an assortment of stakes and arrows.

The secret door that lead to the master vampyre?s lair was thrust open as 
Vlad and his children stormed into the night. There was going to be no 
mayhem or feeding tonight, for they marched through the darkness with one 
purpose, to destroy the Witch and the slayer.

Back at the warehouse they sat in silence, their hearts agonized over their 
friends and family who were now out there with the master vampyre and his 
dark forces. They knew that their was really nothing they could do now but 
appeal to the Goddess in their behalf and hope that she would return safely 
return them. So the said their prayers to her and waited, each of them lost 
in a sea of despair.

The two groups stood there facing one another just outside the Sunnydale 
campus, each one waiting for the other to make the first move. Buffy slowly 
pulled her sword from its sheath and raised it above her head. The melody 
of the bladesong played louder than it ever did as it pierced through the 
darkness. As the vampires felt the haunting ballad of the bladesong and 
began to back away from the patrol, Willows hands began to radiate a bright 
Blue light as she focused her energies on the ballad she and Buffy shared.

Vlad stepped forward, rage filled his eyes as he pointed towards Buffy and 
screamed out in fury, ?She is only a girl, I command you to attack!?

The vampires stopped their slow retreat as soon as their master had spoken. 
THe bladesong gave them no desire to get close to the Slayer and her friends 
but their will was not their own and they were compelled to obey their 
master, so they did the last thing they wanted to do and charged their foe.

As the vampires charged them Tristin and Kathryn both fired their crossbows 
into the incoming flood of vampires as Xander and Archer opened up with 
their super soakers. Two vampires explode into dust as the slayers in 
training s stakes pierced their hearts and another three fell to the grown 
screaming before they were reduced to ashes by the holy water from the super 
soakers.

Buffy looked at Angel and Giles, ?Stay here and don?t let any of them get to 
Willow.? She then charged the advancing force with her bladesong proceeding 
out before her striking terror into the hearts of the vampires.

Willow raised her right hand to the sky as Buffy charged the undead army 
and a large ball of fire appeared above her, she then moved her hand 
towards the vampires sending the ball of fire smashing into their ranks. As 
it hit twenty of the vampires fell to the ground, their bodies were ravished 
by fire for a few seconds before turning them to dust. Eamonn then waved 
his hand through the air and ten of the vampires turned to dust.

Buffy gracefully swung her sword through the air decapitating two vampires 
and almost slicing another one in half, leaving him screaming on the 
ground. She then came around with her sword and ran it through two vampires 
dropping both of them to their knees. Buffy then spun in a full circle as 
wildly swinging her blade, taking the heads off of four more vampires.

As Buffy fought Willow focused all of her power on her beloved sending up an 
invisible energy shield around the Bladesinger. Eamonn looked back at the 
two slayers in training, who had just fired another round of stakes towards 
the vampiric army, ?Reload but don?t fire. The champion is protecting the 
Bladesinger, you must not allow any of Vlad?s forces to get to her.? He 
then turned back towards the vampires and sent a bolt of lighting down that 
vaporized two of them.

Spike hit Angel accrosed the chin sending him stumbling back a few steps 
before he regained his balance. He then kicked at Angel with a round house 
but his sire blocked it. Angel then opened up with a series of jabs that 
spike managed to block. The blonde vamp then came back with a right hook 
that was blocked by Angel who got in a solid blow to the abdomen. As Spike 
bent over, Angel hit him with both fist accrosed the back of the head 
knocking the blonde vampire to the ground. Spike quickly rolled over and 
sprung to his feet, only to get hit in the chin by a solid jab.

After Giles staked the vamp he had knocked to the ground he felt a strong 
blow hit him accrosed the jaw. The watcher fell to the ground and rolled 
backwards away from the vampire who had struck him. The vamp went to leap 
on top the watcher before he could get back only to be turned into dust in 
mid air by Eamonn. The Druid High priest looked at him, ?Get behind me and 
guard the champion with the slayers in training, I will do my best to see 
that it does not become necessary to for you to fight.?

Buffy had cut through the core of the vampires and stood face to face With 
Vlad Tepes. He could feel her cold stare pierce through him as her 
bladesong evaded his mind momentarily causing him to lose his concentration. 
Buffy swung straight for his head as her blade howled through the night 
air, the master vampyre was barley able to re-focus his attention in time to 
duck and avoid being reduced to ashes. He looked up at Buffy and smiled as 
three of his children crept up on her, however his smile turned to shear 
terror when his children went to grab her and were turned to dust by the 
unseen force that surrounded her. Vlad screamed to his remaining forces, 
?You have to get to the witch she is protecting the slayer!?

Eamonn waved his hand sending several bolts of lighting into the remaining 
vampire army as they charged towards them He then through up his hands 
sending three vampires who were almost on top of him flying back into a 
group of five of their brethren that were rapidly advancing. As Eamonn 
waved his hand in the air and reduced the eight vampires to dust another six 
of them rushed past him on an intercept course with Willow.

Angel connected a right hook knocking spike to the ground, but the blonde 
vamp managed to kick his legs out from under him before he could finish the 
attack. Spike then rolled over quickly and knocked the stake out of Angels 
hand and reached to grab it. Angel grabbed Spike and pulled him back before 
he could reach the stake, he then head butted the blonde vampire knocking 
Spike off of him. He then got to his feet and reached for the stake, as 
soon as he had it in his hand he felt Spikes grab him by the ankles and pull 
him face first into the ground.

Vlad looked at Buffy as he pulled a sword from his belt, ?So the slayer 
wants to play with swords, I can?t wait to run you through..?

Buffy pointed her sword at the master vampires chest, ?That?s not going to 
happen, prepare to pay the price for hurting my beloved.?

Vlad swung his sword at Buffy only to have it easily deflected. He quickly 
found himself on the defensive as he attempted to fight of the onslaught of 
the slayer. Buffy sliced deep into Vlade?s arm sending the master vampyre 
into a tirade of Slavic curses as he blocked her next to attacks. Vlad then 
managed to get a swig past Buffy only to be thrown backwards by the energy 
that shot through his sword as he struck Willows protective field. Buffy 
moved quickly and elegantly towards him as if she was dancing to the melody 
of the bladesong. The master vampyre barley managed to get his sword in 
front of him in time to stop Buffys sword from slashing into his neck.

Tristin and Kathryn both fire at the vampires reducing to of them to dust as 
Archer and Xander took out another two with their super soakers. Cut into 
one of the two remaining vampires with his swords as Tristin threw a 
powerful punch sending the other one stumbling backwards. Kathryn quickly 
rushed over to aid Giles as the vampire he was fighting knocked the sword 
from his hand.

The vampire regained his balance he lunged at Tristin, the slayer in 
training jabbed her stake into him as their bodies collided. As she fell 
backwards to the ground she saw the vampire burst into dust and knew that 
she had been on the mark with the stake. The other vampire knocked Giles to 
the ground and was preparing to finish off the watcher when he got hit from 
behind. The vampire then spun around and saw Kathryn standing there for 
about two seconds before he felt the wooden stake plunge into his heart.


Spike let go of Angels feet as soon as his foe hit the ground then quickly 
sprung forward onto the other vampires back. Angel arched his head back 
driving the back of his skull into the blonde vampires nose. He felt Spike 
hop off his back and quickly got up and spun around. Spike was holding his 
broken nose and yelling out in pain. Angel then grabbed him by the back of 
the neck and lifted Spikes head up so he could see him face to face. ?This 
is for all the pain and misery you have caused,? growled Angel as he rammed 
a stake into the blonde vampire.

Eamonn looked around and saw that only the master vampyre remained, he then 
turned around and saw the other standing in a protective circle around the 
Bladesingers Champion. So he walked over to Giles and turned to watch the 
battle.

Angel looked and saw that all his friends were just standing their watching 
as Buffy fought the master vampyre. He ran over to Eamonn, ?Why isn?t 
anyone helping her??

?This fight is between the Bladesinger and Vlad Tepes, besides she is 
already getting all the help she needs from her Champion,? Replied Eamonn as 
he pointed towards Willow.

A fine blue mist encircled Willows entire body as she gazed at her beloved. 
Her mind was completely focused on her the Bladesinger and she was unaware 
of anyone around her as she continued to project the protective field around 
Buffy.

Vlad felt the sword cut through his side and howled out in agony. Buffy 
then rammed her blade into the master vampyre?s chest dropping him to his 
knees. Vlad tried to counter with a powerful swing but Buffy easily blocked 
it. She then disarmed him by severing the hand that the master vampyre was 
holding the sword in.

Vlad looked down at his sword and back up at Buffy. He could feel the 
bladesong cut through his mind enveloping him in fear. The terror od 
knowing he was about to die filled the master vampyre's face as he looked at 
the blonde girl who had beaten him, ?Who are you??

?I?m Buffy Summers, chosen warrior of the Goddess. I am the Bladesinger,? 
replied Buffy just before she sent Vlad Tepes Dracul to hell where he 
belonged.

Willow heard the sweet melody of Buffy?s bladesong stop and immediately 
snapped out of the trance she had put herself in to find her beloved 
standing in front of her. Willow then collapsed into Buffy?s arms totally 
exhausted from all the energy it had taken her to maintain the protective 
field around her beloved.

As Willow fell into Buffy she quickly grabbed her and wrapped her arms 
around the redhead. Using her body to support Willow Buffy softly whispered 
in her loves ear, ?Sweetheart, are you alright??

?I?m fine, I just am pretty tired from the protection spell.?

Buffy Kissed Willow on the forehead, ?Well then I need to get you back to 
the dorm so you can get some rest.?

?We're not going back to the warehouse??

?No, Vlad is no more. It?s safe for us to return to campus now.?

Buffy then looked at Eamonn and Giles, ?I trust that you have no objections, 
not that it really matters because I intend to be alone with my beloved 
regardless of your answer.?

Eamonn smiled at the Bladesinger then replied, ?Go, the two of you need to 
be alone, but before you do I wish to tell you that it was an honor to be 
allowed to help awaken you and see your powers grow.?

?Your leaving aren't you.?

?Yes, this world has not been my home for a long time, and you no longer 
require my service. My place is with the Goddess in the forever and that is 
where I must return to.?

Buffy helped Willow walk as the two of them made their way over to Eamonn, 
?Thank you, for everything. I don?t know what we would have done without 
you.?

?Your welcome?

Willow looked up at Eamonn as she rested against Buffy, ?What are we to do 
now.?

Eamonn put his hand on Giles shoulder, ?Take a vacation you earned it and 
when Giles returns he will explain everything to you.?

?Giles, is leaving?? both girls asked in unison.


?Yes, but only for a short while. He is to be my successor. He will act as 
advisor and mentor to the two of you and the knowledge that you need to 
serve the Goddess will be given to him. However in order for him to recieve 
it he must accompany me to the forever.?

There then was a bright flash and both Eamonn and Giles were gone.
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Epilogue to follow.


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