Repost ff: Slave 1/?

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Title: Slave
Chapter One: Return
Disclaimer: All BTVS characters belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy.
Summary: Buffy has been enslaved in a demon dimension for over twelve years
her time though only 14 months have pasted on earth. She returns with her
two daughters, a Zoth and changed life. Joyce and Willow, now lovers, must
help her find the slayer inside. 
Thanks: Cheryl Hill and Angelina
Warning: Smut, strangeness, lesbians and a story.

They had spent the week at Disney Land, Universal and all the other tourist
hot spots. In truth Cordelia had enjoyed the week. She would never admit
that she enjoyed spending time with kids. And Buffy's two daughters were
both so well behaved and excited about being on earth. Cordelia looked down
at the six and eight year old and smiled. Both girls looked so much like the
pictures Joyce had all over the house of Buffy as a child. Looking at the
girls you couldn't even tell they were both half demon. Not that it
mattered; Cordelia had learned a long time ago that many demons were not
really that different from humans. Cordelia looked up at the girls'
grandmother again and added a small wave to her smile. Ragna just returned
the smile as she paid for tee shirts for the girls. 

"She really does love the girls." Cordelia said to Wesley.

"Well she is their grandmother. Drakecarrier demons are notorious for their
love for their children. As demons go they are an honorable race, steeped in
culture and complicated social structures, they are a very disciplined
people." Wesley lectured. 

"Chill Wes, I got the 411 all ready." Cordelia said as Ragna walked toward
them holding both her granddaughters' hands. They were just outside a large
souvenir shop on Main Street in Disneyland. Ragna had been staying with them
at the Hyperior Hotel with her two grandchildren while Angel made the final
arrangements for Buffy's release from her enslavement in a demon dimension. 

Most of the arrangements involved getting the girls ready for school,
getting birth certificates, school and medical records. Ragna was just going
to free Buffy in a simple ceremony as a reward for baring her
granddaughters. Still it was a demon ceremony and that alone automatically
meant the need for caution. 

As Cordelia watched Ragna buying the girls ice cream cones her fears
disappeared. It was clear the demon loved the girls a great deal. So it
wasn't hard to believe she would honestly want them raised on Earth by their
mother. It was what was best for the girls in the long run. They were
half-human and Earth was where they belonged. 

Ragna had brought the girls to Earth a week earlier. And she had spent the
week spoiling them. They had done the Disneyland-Universal tourist stuff.
They had done malls and toy stores. Ragna had spent a fortune on the girls
and now on her last day she had brought them all back to Disneyland. 

"Cordelia don't you want an ice cream too?" Alex asked Cordelia before
licking her cone again.

"No thanks, I need to watch my weight." Cordelia answered the six-year-old.
She still couldn't believe Buffy named her daughters Alex and Sarah. Alex
after Xander and Sarah after Willow's middle name. She just hoped their fake
birth certificates would hold up and get them in school. Buffy's had been a
lot trickier to arrange. Buffy had an identity already, she just needed ID
that made her older than 20. It was hard to fathom that the Buffy who was
going to return tonight would be almost 32 years old. She just hoped Buffy
was happy with ID that made her 28. Cordelia had even gotten her a high
school diploma from 1992. 

Cordelia wondered what Buffy was like now. From what little Angel said Buffy
had a lot of rough years in the dimension before Ragna bought her for her
son, Thomas. Buffy as a slave still blew her mind. It was still hard for
Cordelia's mind to wrap around the fact that while Buffy had been gone for a
little over a year, more then Twelve years had passed for Buffy. Angel said
that Buffy was lucky to have been taken into a dimension that moved closer
to Earth time otherwise hundreds of years might have passed for her. 

Not that things hadn't changed on Earth either. She was still wondering what
Buffy was going to do when she found out Joyce and Willow were living
together. Willow was temporarily moving in with Giles until Joyce could tell
Buffy about them being a couple. Buffy was going to be pissed as hell anyway
you looked at it. At least Joyce wasn't going to be at the ceremony. Joyce
and Willow had come down right away to meet Buffy's daughters. Ragna and
Joyce were almost civil until Angel reminded Joyce that Ragna didn't have to
free her daughter. So Joyce was going to have to wait until Ragna left to
spend time with her grandchildren. 

Angel still wasn't sure that Buffy should just go back to her mother's house
straight away. And if Cordelia was honest she knew Buffy was going to have a
hell of a time readjusting. She had several visions about just a few things
Buffy had gone through after being kidnapped and sold in to slavery. She
honestly wondered how Buffy had survived at all. Looking at Buffy's
daughters eating ice cream Cordelia knew part of the answer. 

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Wesley was left to baby-sit the girl's at the hotel. Not that he would be
alone there for long. The scoobies were planning on waiting for Buffy there
until Angel and Cordelia brought her home.

Cordelia and Angel had all gone to an abandoned warehouse were the portal
was located. Cordelia was very nervous looking around at maybe two hundred
different demons. Most of them were Drakecarrier demons like Ragna but there
were many different kinds of demons there as well. Drakecarriers looked
almost human when they wanted too but in their natural form they had small
horns on their heads and glowing purple eyes with fire engine red skin.
Honestly they looked like people in cheesy devil costumes. Still Ragna knew
how to dress to impress no matter what her skin color was at the time.
Cordelia envied the demon's wardrobe. Even red with two very small horns on
her head Ragna was beautiful. 

Cordelia honestly liked the demon woman, she was actually nice. And the way
she loved her granddaughters impressed the seer. Plus Ragna had taken her
clothes shopping, the quickest way to her heart. It was nice being around
another woman with fashion sense. She loved the guys but honestly Wesley,
Gunn and Angel had no appreciation for clothes.

The portal opened and a tall Drakecarrier man stepped out followed by a
procession of demon guards. Most of the other demons in the warehouse were
now bowing to the demon prince. Then Cordelia saw Buffy. She looked a little
older but not by much. Buffy was nude from the waist up, save for a golden
collar and wrist bracelets attached to the collar that held her captive. She
was extremely thin and Cordelia could see a deep scar that ran up her right
arm and over her shoulder. When Buffy walked past her, Cordelia took a deep
breath, the whole of Buffy's back was scared from repeated whippings. She
remembered her visions of the bullwhip meeting the slayers back. Still the
scares were massive and Cordelia felt a deep sympathy for her friend.

Once Buffy had walked past her, Cordelia noticed the little blue skinned
demon girl crawling along beside Buffy like a dog healing behind its master.
The Zoth, Cordelia thought. They had been told Buffy would be expected to
bring her Zoth back to Earth with her. As far as she could determine the
Zoth was a cross between a personal servant and a pet. Only the most
important Slaves had their own Zoth. Buffy was expected to bring back all
her property with her to Earth and from what Ragna said Buffy's property
consisted of a few swords, other assorted weapons and the Zoth. 

Buffy was now bowing before the Prince. In fact the slayer and her Zoth were
completely flat on the ground. Cordelia couldn't understand the demon
dialect but she knew the ceremony had started. She got a little jumpy when
she saw a cat of nine tails handed to the Prince. She had been told Buffy
would be whipped one last time before she was freed. Ragna also promised
Buffy would only be bruised; her skin would not be opened. Bruised still
didn't make Cordelia feel comfortable. 

As she watched the whipping seemed to go on forever. Nothing outside of the
constant sound of the whip against Buffy's back and bottom could be heard.
And Cordelia could tell the whipping was not completely ceremonious. The
slayer was being whipped hard. Bruised was right, the ex-cheerleader thought
hatefully. She caught a glance at Angel and knew he was having a hard time
not ripping someones head off. "Hold on, and she will be free." Cordelia
whispered to her vampire boss. And then to herself she added, and if she
isn't freed you will have to stand in line behind me while I get my ax out
and chop a few heads off first. 

The whip was then handed to Buffy who sat back on her knees. As Buffy's
hands were freed the Zoth crawled in front of Buffy. Buffy took the whip and
to Cordelia's amazement whipped the demon twice as hard as the demon Prince
had whipped her. The room was absolutely quiet except for the sound of the
whip. Even at this distance Cordelia could see the little demon crying
quietly as Buffy whipped the hell out of her back and ass. 

Cordelia decided to study the Zoth. The girl was extremely human looking.
Outside of her royal blue skin and indigo hair all her features were human.
Of course from this angle she couldn't see the girl's eyes well but from
what Wesley looked up she knew the girls eyes glowed dark blue in blue. 

"198, 199, 200" Buffy said out loud counting the last three hits. It was the
first time Buffy had spoken out loud. Buffy then laid down flat over the top
of the Zoth with the whip extended out in her hand. 

The Prince was speaking again. Then he picked the whip up and broke it. The
crowd cheered. Next he bent down and undid Buffy's collar. Again he twisted
the metal in his hand until the collar broke in two. The crowd once again
cheered. Finally he helped Buffy up to her knees again. One last time Buffy
bowed to the Prince lying across the Zoth. Then the Prince spoke again and
everyone stood up except Buffy and the Zoth. Then the prince held out his
hand and helped Buffy to her feet. Buffy in turn snapped her fingers and the
Zoth was up on all fours back at the heal position behind Buffy. 

The crowd then began to break up into little groups or move to the banquet
table. Cordelia saw Ragna leading Buffy over to them. She also noticed the
Zoth still crawling behind Buffy. 

"Just as I promised your friends are here." Ragna said to Buffy. Ragna had
led Buffy over with her hand on Buffy's forearm. It was clear the slayer was
nervous and possible still in pain from the whipping. It was also clear
Ragna was being gentle with the slayer. 

Buffy just stared at her feet. After a moment of silence Buffy said, "Hello
Cordelia, Angel you both look very well." Buffy was having trouble with this
meeting, she seemed completely out of place. She was almost shaking and
Cordelia didn't think it was the whipping that had caused it. 

"Well you look a whole lot younger than I expected." Cordelia said breaking
the ice. Angel just glared at her. "What? She's like 30 something and she
doesn't even look older than twenty four or five."

"Thanks, I think." Buffy said nervously shifting from foot to foot and
keeping her gaze down. In truth Cordelia was a little alarmed that while
Buffy seemed nervous, the fact that she was topless didn't seem be one of
the things she was nervous about. Buffy's state of underdressed didn't seem
to both her at all.

Another long moment of silence and Buffy looked at Ragna, "My girls." It was
short and to the point.

"Are fine. They are with Mr. Angel's assistant Wesley at his hotel." Ragna
reassured her. 

"Thank you." Buffy said then returned her gaze back to the floor.

"Look you are free to go. Thomas will stop by in a couple of hours to kiss
the girls good night. Now I have bought you some clothes to wear home, I
also took the liberty of bringing you a few things to wear later. I even
bought the Zoth a few things. They don't take to women, no matter how low
their station or cast, running around nude in LA." Ragna joked. Buffy just
looked down at herself and quickly moved her arms in front of her chest
trying to hide her breasts. Ragna smiled at Buffy trying to cover herself
and then snapped her fingers. A servant quickly brought two shopping bags
over to her. 

"Cordelia would you help Buffy and the Zoth, Friday I believe you call her,
dress." Ragna said regally. Cordelia already knew this was the reason she
had been brought along. Ragna had hinted that Buffy might need female
assistance after the ceremony. 

Buffy walked about five steps behind Ragna; the Zoth just continued to crawl
on the floor behind Buffy as Ragna led them out of the ceremony hall.
Cordelia found it all extremely unnerving. The most unnerving part was
looking at the fresh bruise on Buffy's back and bottom. Deep purple bruises
were forming from the whipping. Cordelia then gazed down at the Zoth
crawling along behind Buffy and noted the girls blue skin had dark green
bruise with bright orange spots in the skin along her back and bottom in the
same spots Buffy had bruises on her skin.

Ragna then led them to a back room. It had probably been an office at one
time. Now it was clearly set up as a dressing room complete with coach and
mirror. Ragna sat down on the coach. Buffy just stood in the middle of the
room holding the bags.

"Buffy dear you have been freed. That means you will not be told when to
dress yourself." Ragna prompted.

"Yes my lady." Buffy said setting the bags down on the floor. Cordelia bent
down and picked the bags up and moved them to the opposite side of the coach
from Ragna and opened them up. Buffy was going to have to really adjust to
the idea of freedom Cordelia noted sadly. Cordelia began to pull out clothes
and shoes in the first bag. Ragna had already explained to her earlier when
she bought the clothes which outfit was for Buffy and which for the Zoth. 

"Since Buffy was a gladiator I thought a more fightworthy outfit was more
appropriate for the drive to your friends hotel. But I think you will like
the dresses I brought for you as well. Cordelia helped me purchase most of
the cloths I bought for you and the Zoth." Ragna explained. 

Cordelia had so far pulled out a pair of expensive short black boots, both
fashionable and practical, matching satin bra and panties, blue crew length
socks that matched the underwear, black leather pants and a blue silk shirt.
The ex cheerleader took one look and knew Buffy would be stunning in the
clothes.

"Ragna I've got to say, you really know clothes." Cordelia said enviously.
Buffy moved over and looked at the outfit Cordelia had pulled out of the bag
and then whispered, "Thank you my lady." 

Ragna just knodded back. Buffy then moved over and picked up the underwear,
her eyes still watching Ragna and yet at the same time Buffy kept her gaze
downward. Buffy began to dress. Cordelia opened the second bag. As Buffy
carefully dressed Cordelia laid out a black silk bra with crotchless black
panties, designer jeans, a black silk shirt, and expensive sneakers. 

"I know how you like the girl to wear black." Ragna explained as Cordelia
puzzled over the crotchless underwear and silk shirt. 

"Thank you my lady, she may well be the best dressed Zoth on Earth." Buffy
said as she pulled on her last boot then picked up the black shirt fingering
the delicate silk carefully.

"She is probably the only dressed Zoth on the planet." Ragna said with a
laugh. Buffy only smiled, as she looked at the second set of clothes in
absolute amazement. Cordelia wasn't sure she completely understood the
undercurrent of the conversation going on between Buffy and the demon. She
was absolutely sure she did not want to understand the conversation going
between them. 

"I was hopping you would be pleased. The other clothes I purchase for her
are not so glamorous, well maybe her lingerie, I know your taste in women.
Mostly I just got her jeans and sweat pants. Something to keep her covered
while you stay with your mother and her lover." Ragna explained.

"Yes my mothers lover." Buffy grunted out sounding for the first time like
the Buffy she once knew. 

"You know about your mom?" Cordelia asked, she didn't even want to think
about the whole 'your taste in woman' part so she was glad for a change in
subject.

"Mom and Willow, yeah Ragna told me. You didn't think she would let me bring
my daughter's anywhere she didn't have checked out?" Buffy told her old
friend. 

"Oh well, I guess Willow didn't have to move in with Giles until she could
tell you." Cordelia stated.

"Speaking of Giles, I thought he would be here." Buffy replied before
snapping her fingers. The Zoth crawled over to Buffy. 

"Can't you just say come here, or is the finger snapping a thing?" Cordelia
asked.

"It's a slave thing." Buffy explained seriously as she handed the girl the
clothes. "Slaves are trained to respond to as few commands as possible. The
lower the cast the more non-verb the commands are, Zoth's are petty much the
bottom rung. They are the slaves of slaves. They are mostly sex slaves for
slaves or body servants. Slaves without any real skills." Buffy continued as
she helped the girl to dress.

"Did you just say sex slave?" Cordelia said open mouthed.

"What did you think I did with her? Just kept her crawling around behind me
like a dog 24/7." Buffy said evenly in a tone that made Cordelia's blood
turn cold.

"Oh."

"Actually Friday has other uses." Ragna began. "She keeps Buffys quarters
clean, washes her clothes, fixes meals, massages sore muscles. She is also
good with the children when they visit their mother once a week." 

"Yes she is good with the girls." Buffy stated playfully rubbing her hand
through the girl's hair.

"Your daughters only saw you once a week?" Cordelia asked surprised by this
fact.

"I was a gladiator cast slave. It's not a life to raise children in." Buffy
explained quietly. "Besides Thomas and Ragna were extremely good with the
girls. Spoiled them rotten but they were good to them." Buffy added. 

"Just as you will be." Ragna replied with a smile. 

"Thank you my lady." Buffy said bowing her head as she helped the Zoth put
her shoes on. Then to Cordelia Buffy added, "Friday has never wore shoes
before," in way of explanation. 

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Buffy said nothing on the drive across town. The Zoth had been a little
afraid to get in the car but once in she seemed fine. She even seemed to
enjoy the ride looking out the window. 

Upon entering the hotel both Buffy's daughters ran to their mother. "Mommy
Mommy." Both girls screamed and jumped into her arms. 

"That's my girls." Buffy said picking them up and hugging them hard and
kissing them.

"Buffy!" Joyce said not being able to hold back her tears any longer and
running to her daughter's side.

After a few rounds of hugs and tears, and more hugs. The group seated
themselves in the lobby. Both Buffy's girls and the Zoth sat at Buffy's feet
quietly coloring. Joyce sat beside Buffy with her arm still around Buffy's
shoulder. Willow sat across from them looking on with the hint of guilty in
her face. Xander and Anya were behind the desk. Giles sat beside Willow.
Dawn and Angel stood against the back wall and Cordelia and Wesley sat in
chairs they brought in from the other room. 

"So what you're telling me is nothing much has changed since I was gone."
Buffy said laughing a little at her friend's recount of the last 14 months. 

"Basically." Willow said smiling.

"What about the whole your boinking my mother thing?" Buffy blurted out.
Willow and her mother both turned red.

"I know, I just couldn't take Willows guilty look and your 'I have something
to tell you later' look." Buffy explained laughing at her mother and Willow.

"And you're ok with it." Willow croaked out. 

"I didn't say that. But I am not going to go all psycho slayer. So why don't
you move back in the house tomorrow and give Giles back his space." Buffy
explained. 

"You're sure honey?" Joyce asked in a worried tone.

"Yes, besides it will make it easier for me to make a few requests." Buffy
said getting do to business.

"Sure honey, like what?" Joyce asked still worried sick.

"Mom I am 32 years old. I don't really want to move back into my old bedroom
but I need to stay with you for awhile. For at least six months to let the
girls get started in school, find a job. So I was hoping you would let
Xander build a room in the basement for Friday and myself. I thought the
girls could use my old room. And that way Dawn would still have her own
room. And Willow can sleep where ever Willow has been sleeping."

"Actually I had talked to Xander about building the basement in already. I
hadn't thought about a room for you but the idea sounds good to me. What do
you think Xander?"

"Fine by me, but it will be a tight fit to build two bedrooms down there and
the bathroom we talked about." The construction worker said. 

"Only one bedroom. We only need one bedroom Xander." Buffy pointed out. 

"I thought Angel said you would have to keep the Zoth at the house?" A
confused Willow asked.

"And I will, but we only need one bedroom for the two of us. Giles surely
you know what Zoths are? What they are used for? You didn't tell them,"
Buffy asked pointedly to her watcher. 

"Not as such." Giles replied blushing.

"Friday's mom's girlfriend. Like Willow is Grandmother Joyce's girlfriend."
Sarah suddenly explained to the adults in the room.

"That's right." Buffy said sliding off the coach and on to the floor before
kissing the girl's forehead. Then Buffy leant over and kissed her younger
daughter's forehead. "What a pretty picture." Buffy then said to her
daughter looking at her coloring page. 

"Friday's is better." Alex commented.

At that moment Ragna and Thomas entered the hotel. The two girls shot off
the floor and ran across the room. "Daddy Daddy." They both called.

Both girls jumped into their father's arms and kissed him. Then they both
screamed, "Nana Nana" and moved to hug their grandmother.

But it wasn't the scene of the two girls with their father, which drew the
groups attention. Both Buffy and the Zoth both lay flat on the floor. It
sent chills up the groups collective back.

"Buffy you and your servant may rise." Thomas said before pulling his
youngest daughter into a hug. Buffy stood up off the floor but kept her eyes
cast down while the Zoth returned to the dog like stance she had maintained
earlier in the night. 

"May I take the girls into another room to kiss them goodnight?" The demon
Prince asked suddenly.

"Of course my Prince" Buffy said as she moved to show him a room off the
lobby. The Zoth simply moved behind Buffy still crawling on the floor.
Healing behind her master.

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Thomas and Ragna didn't stay long. And when he brought the girls back out of
the room he kissed Buffy on the cheek. Then he kissed both girls again and
said, "Listen to your mother. I will expect you both to be very good for her
and Friday." Then he and Ragna left.












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