Re: FF: Shadowwalker 3/?

["Melinda" <msantoyo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Carol, Once again you have dazzled me with your story telling abilities.
Can't wait to see how close Willow & tera get to finding out the truth:)
Melinda
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Subject: FF: Shadowwalker 3/?


> Title: Shadowwalker
> Chapter Three: Short Sight
> Rating: PG-13 now, later?
> Disclaimer: Joss Weldon and Mutant Enemy own it all
> Summary: Buffy died but it's not the end.
> Thanks: Cheryl Hill
> Note: Spoilers for Gift. I couldn't deal with Buffy being dead. And this
> idea was bouncing in my head for a while. Hope it's not too disjointed.
>
> Short Sight
>
> Kalib and Joshua carefully tied Buffy's legs to the side of the
motorcycle.
> It was important her legs didn't slip off and get burned on the engine or
> drag on the ground. This was the fifth time Nada had taken her for a ride
on
> the back of the bike but this was the first time Nada was actually taking
> her for a ride to an actual destination.
>
> On her previous rides they had just driven up and down the street in front
> of their house. Kalib and Josh running beside the bike the first two
times.
> The family was always careful with Buffy.
>
> "Are you sure you don't want us to tail you in the car?" Kalib asked
> worriedly.
>
> "We will be ok, besides a husband should not be around when his future
wife
> is planning his wedding." Nada joked punching her brother playfully on the
> arm.
>
> "You can't blame him, leaving you alone with a mans girlfriend is pretty
> scary. You might talk her into that all-leather wedding or something."
Josh
> joked back as he tied the last strap around Buffy's waist and then fixed
the
> last part around Nada's waist so that the two women were literally tied
> together.
>
> Buffy's upper body was getting stronger all the time. She could pull
herself
> up and easily hold onto Nada on the bike but her lower body still did not
> respond at all.
>
> "Buffy you ready?" Nada asked revving the engine of the street legal dirt
> bike. Buffy wrapped her arms around Nada as a form of answer. Words still
> did not come easily to the one time slayer. Nada smiled at her brothers
and
> then began the 3 block journey.
>
>
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>
> Cordelia Chase rubbed her hand on her forehead at the headache that should
> have been there. She was actually very disturbed by the fact she didn't
have
> a headache because she was absolutely sure she had been having a recurring
> vision. She was used to having visions, and the cost she had to pay for
> having visions. The mind numbing headaches that came with each vision.
>
> Which was why this vision was pissing her off. Since the day that Willow
> Rosenberg had shown up at the Hyperion Hotel to tell Angel that Buffy was
> dead she had been having this vision. She couldn't even say the same
vision,
> because it was continuously changing, but it was still the same vision.
And
> it didn't give her a headache. It just was always there nagging her to
do...
> what? That was the part that really pissed her off. It didn't seem to want
> her to do anything. In fact it was a serious of non-actions.
>
> Do not tell Angel. Do not tell Giles. Do not tell Willow. Like she had a
> clue what she was not to tell them. And the lack of headache just made her
> wonder if she was completely sane or if all those visions had finally
fried
> her brain.
>
> At least today her vision had told her to do something other than not tell
> somebody something she had no clue about. No, today she was going to one
of
> the poorest areas of LA to ask a witch about her wedding plans. Like that
> made a lot of sense.
>
> Looking down at the address first, she looked up at the duplex and
> double-checked it against the address. It wasn't necessary; she recognized
> the house from her vision. Going up the sidewalk she reached the door and
> knocked.
>
> A young woman of about 19 or 20 answered the door. She was blond about
five
> six, and while not stunning she was very pretty with a pleasant smile. She
> was also a few months pregnant. She wasn't showing yet but Cordelia could
> sense the second life within the young woman. Cordelia looked up from her
> belly where she had been staring and into the woman's eyes. "Hello my name
> is Cordelia Chase and I understand you need help planning a wedding."
>
> "You must be kidding, right?" The woman replied still looking at Cordelia.
>
> "I don't think she is dear." A very beautiful three-eyed demon said from
> behind the young woman. "Cindy let her in, I believe the Powers That Be
have
> sent you a wedding planner.
>
> "You're a demon." Cordelia said a little shocked. The woman was beautiful.
> Possibly the most beautiful woman Cordelia had ever seen.
>
> "And you're a seer." Madelyn said with a smile at the woman's confusion.
>
> "Why am I here?" Cordelia said weakly stepping into the house and moving
> into the living room toward the demon.
>
> "You're the seer, why do you think you are here?" Madelyn responded
helping
> Cordelia to sit down on the couch.
>
> "To plan a wedding I think. But they said she was a witch." Cordelia said
> trying to get control of herself. This demon was clearly playing havoc
with
> her mind. If it were possible she would swear she was madly in love with
the
> demon on first sight. She could feel her hands shaking.
>
> "Cindy why don't you get your wedding planner a drink of water." Madelyn
> replied, then in a whisper to her future daughter-in-law said; "It will be
> alright dear."
>
> Cindy brought Cordelia a glass of water and helped her hold the glass
until
> she took a drink. Cordelia looked up at Cindy and then at her necklace. It
> was a protection symbol she recognized.
>
> "Tara has a necklace just like that. I don't know Tara well, she is
Willow's
> girlfriend." Cordelia blurted out but it was helping her gain back some
> control. "I think I prefer the headaches." She then added.
>
> Then she looked around the duplex. She drank the rest of the water. "Since
> you're pregnant I take it you want to get married quickly." Cordelia
replied
> looking at the young witch and future bride.
>
> "I never said I was preg... .How did you know?" Cindy said grabbing her
> stomach and blushing.
>
> "Cindy I like you, and am looking forward to my first grandchild. Just as
> long as you love my son and really want to get married." Madelyn said
> carefully moving over to hug the girl.
>
> "My mother doesn't know yet." Cindy whispered leaning into Madelyn's
> embrace.
>
> "Well in a few months you won't have to tell her. Cindy she loves you. She
> will come around. She is coming to help you plan the wedding today, it's a
> start." Madelyn said to reassure the girl.
>
> "Only because Aunt Ruth is making her." Cindy replied hugging Madelyn one
> last time and then moving back over to the couch.
>
> "So what did you say your name was again?" Cindy asked.
> "Cordelia Chase, and I have never actually planed a wedding before."
> Cordelia said holding out her hand.
>
> Cindy took it and said, "Cindy Jameson, and I have never been married
before
> so we're even."
>
> "I am Madelyn Romanoff, the future mother in law." The demon said with a
> smile sitting down on a chair facing the two young women.
>
> "We don't have a lot of money. There is no way I can pay you." Cindy
> suddenly said.
>
> "I don't think I am supposed to charge on this one. Honestly I don't know
> why the PTB sent me here but I am suppose to help you with the wedding, I
> think anyway." Cordelia said smiling back at the two women. On the whole
it
> wasn't the worst assignment the powers that be had sent her on.
>
> Madelyn suddenly shifted and her third eye disappeared. She took on a far
> more human appearance as two older women walked in the door.
>
> "Mom, Aunt Ruth, I am glad you both came." Cindy said running to the door.
> Cordelia immediately figured out that Cindy's mother did not want her
> daughter to marry Madelyns' son but her mother being here for the planning
> was a positive sign for Cindy. The girl was praying her mother would come
> around.
>
> Mrs. Jameson leaned over and kissed her daughters cheek then walked into
the
> duplex. "I see you have done some housekeeping. You and Kalib still plan
on
> living here after the wedding?" She said in a less than kind tone.
>
> "That is the plan for now. The rent is cheap and it really isn't a bad
place
> to live." Cindy said looking nervously at the floor.
>
> "Hello Mrs. Jameson, I am Madelyn Romanoff, Kalib's mother." Madelyn said
> holding out her hand. Mrs. Jameson just walked past her not taking her
hand
> and moving over to Cordelia who was still sitting on the couch.
>
> "Hi, I am Ruth Michaels, Cindy's aunt." Ruth said taking Madelyn's hand
and
> shaking it.
>
> "You must be Nada, Kalib's sister." Mrs. Jameson said flopping down on
the
> chair facing Cordelia.
>
> "I am Cordelia Chase. I am here to help plan the wedding." Cordelia
> answered.
>
> "I thought you were too pretty to be a half demon." Mrs. Jameson said
> staring at Cordelia.
>
> "Funny I thought a practicing witch would understand about prejudice,
> Madelyn may be a demon but at least she has manors." Cordelia replied
> staring Mrs. Jameson in the eye.
>
> Mrs. Jameson just laughed, "I like you." Then she looked at Madelyn and
> said, "I thought your oldest daughter was coming over to help with the
> planning."
>
> "Nada and Buffy should be here any minute. Nada is probably riding Buffy
up
> and down the street for a few more minutes." Madelyn said quietly.
> Cordelia's ears perked up at Buffy's name. There were lots of girls named
> Buffy, right?
>
> Just then the sound of a motorcycle pulling up could be heard in the yard.
> "I'll go help Nada carry Buffy in." Cindy said before she left the house.
> Cordelia just held her breath, as she became pale white. She knew the
answer
> to her vision was coming in the door.
>
> Cindy held the door open as Nada carried Buffy into the house. Buffy
easily
> kept her arms around Nada's neck. She was much thinner than Cordelia
> remembered and very pale but it was Buffy Summers without a question.
Buffy
> looked up as she was carried into the house.
> "Cordy, you're in my spot on the couch, and what the hell are you doing
here
> anyway?" Buffy asked her one time friend.
>
> Cordelia felt the need to faint instead she moved off the couch. Helped
Nada
> put Buffy down then she grabbed Buffy and hugged her as tears of joy and
> sorrow poured down her cheeks. "I was so afraid." Cordelia cried squeezing
> the former slayer with all her strength.
>
> "I never knew you cared." Buffy said wrapping her arms around Cordelia's
> back.
>
> Cordelia leant back, and said, "Ok, so I am a bitch, I still missed you."
> Buffy just laughed.
>
> "Thanks Cordy." Buffy said pulling away from the ex-cheerleader.
>
> "I take it you know each other?" A jealous Nada asked.
>
> "Cordy this is Nada, Nada this is Cordelia Chase. I told you about her,
she
> was the one that was the cheerleader." Buffy said in explanation.
>
> "Yes and now she is going to help us plan a wedding. You two can talk
> later." Madelyn said as she handed out notebooks. It was time to plan the
> wedding.
>
>
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>
> Oddly Cordelia had turned all her energies over to wedding planning. She
had
> taken a week off of work, telling angel she needed a break. She was now
busy
> checking into getting flower arrangements made; priests that did Wicca
> ceremonies; a place for the wedding. And she was sure that she and Cindy
> would be good friends after the wedding. They really were alike and they
> both needed a friend.
>
> If planning the wedding was the only thing she had to deal with she would
> have been pretty happy about everything. But there was Buffy. A Buffy she
> couldn't tell anyone about.
>
> That was a clear point. No one was to know Buffy Summers was alive. It was
> too dangerous. She had a series of headache ridden visions about what
would
> happen if Buffy was discovered to be alive, to be the Shadowwalker too
soon.
>
>
> Buffy was still weak. She still couldn't use her lower body. Hell she was
> still wearing diapers. And she was having these crazy periods that Nada
> called fits. Cordelia had watched as Buffy suddenly went off wildly
swinging
> her arms screaming about killing some demon. She managed to punch Nada so
> hard she sent the girl flying across the room. It gave her one hell of a
> black eye. But somehow the half demon managed to get up off the floor and
> calm her down.
>
>
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>
> "Nice black eye, did she hit you again?" Cordelia asked Nada as she moved
> into the Romanoff house.
>
> "Cool it, she never remembers hitting me." Nada said in a whisper.
>
> "So what do you tell her?" Cordelia asked as she shut the front door.
>
> "Josh and I were playing softball and I missed." Nada said evenly. The two
> women clearly didn't like each other.
>
> "Yeah that is believable. So where is she?" Cordy asked rudely. She loved
> every member of the family but Nada. For some reason she just couldn't be
> nice to the girl.
>
> "Kalib is giving her a bath." Nada said leading Cordy back into the
bedroom
> she shared with Buffy.
> "Great, Buffy is getting a bath by your brother." Cordelia said in a huff
> before looking at the clothes laid out of the bed for Buffy to wear. "You
> know just because you have that whole dyke thing going for you doesn't
mean
> you have to dress Buffy like she is going for Ms Gay America. Buffy looks
> good in pink." Cordy replied looking at Nada.
>
> "Sorry you don't like her clothes. It's not like she came to us with a
> complete Barbara fashion selection. Mine were the only ones that fit her."
> Nada said very defensively.
>
> "I really am a complete bitch I am sorry. It just hurts to see her."
> Cordelia said then held out a bag to Nada.
> "I bought her a new outfit. Something a little more 'old Buffy'."
>
> "And it's pink." Nada said taking the jeans out of the bag.
>
> "With a matching top." Cordelia added as Nada took out the matching
blouse.
>
> "Did your parents ever let you play with dolls as a child, is that why you
> need to play dress up with your friends as an adult?" Nada said looking
the
> outfit over.
>
> "I need to get you and Willow together." Cordelia replied before fingering
> the outfit. She had a strange need to dress Buffy more like the woman she
> remembered than the helpless demon she had become. Demon, Cordelia still
> wasn't sure about that title. But she was sure whatever Buffy was, she was
> definitely no longer human.
>
> Before the two women could argue anymore, Kalib entered the room carrying
> Buffy wrapped in a towel.
> "Hey I almost completely bathed myself today." Buffy said happily. She was
> enjoying becoming more independent.
>
> "That is not good, who will Josh and Kalib check out if the boys stop
> bathing you." Nada said with an evil grin. Kalib just blushed bright red.
>
> Buffy just laughed while Kalib carefully placed her on the bed. The three
of
> them had been bathing and caring for Buffy for almost 6 months now.
>
> "I bought you a new out fit." Cordelia said holding up the pink jeans and
> matching top. Even she understood that dressing someone who didn't have
> complete use of their body was different from dressing someone who could
> manage tight jeans.
>
> "Very pink Cordy." Buffy said with her trade mark smirk.
>
> "You have been around Nada too long. Pink is very in this year." Cordy
said
> crossing her arms.
>
> "It was very sweet." Buffy stated. Buffy had not asked Cordelia one
question
> about her friends and family. And Cordelia was actually relieved by that.
> Still the growing silence was getting on her nerves.
>
> "You go back to work tomorrow?" Buffy said as she lowered the towel and
> started to put the new shirt on. Kalib turned his head and slipped out of
> the room.
>
> "Yes, somebody has to keep those guys in line." Cordelia said moving over
to
> help Buffy with her other arm. Her arms still weren't working 100 percent.
> She was doing well with gross motor movements but fine motor movements
were
> still difficult.
>
> "I like the shirt." Buffy said to change the subject. She began to try and
> button the shirt but after the first 3 buttons she gave up and let Nada
> finish buttoning the shirt.
>
> "I can't wait until I don't have to wear these anymore." Buffy said as
Nada
> began putting her diaper in place.
>
> "I bet Nada feels the same way." Cordelia replied with a smile. "So what
> movie are we going to see?" Cordelia asked as Nada began to put on the
loose
> fitting pink jeans. Cordelia had been careful to pick out pants that would
> be easy for the ex slayer to wear.
>
> "Something PG, Martha is going with us." Nada replied.
>
> "Speaking of the rug rats where are the kids?" Buffy asked.
>
> "Mom took them to the park, except for Martha who is helping Cindy." Nada
> said as she zipped Buffy's pants in place.
>
>
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>
> "So you're from the Magic Box?" Cindy carefully asked the two women at the
> restaurant as the four of them took seats at the table.
>
> "I'm Willow Rosenberg and this is Tara McClay." Willow said pointing out
> Tara.
>
> "It's nice to finally meet you after talking to you and Anya Harris on the
> phone." Cindy said smiling at the two witches. "Oh this is my soon to be
> sister in law Martha Romanoff." Cindy said introducing the young girl at
her
> side. Martha was just now learning to hide her third eye and this was in a
> way a kind of test for her. If she could stay in human form long enough
she
> could go to public school next year and she really wanted that a great
deal.
>
>
> "Nice to m..m..m meet you." Tara said smiling. She recognized another shy
> soul like herself immediately.
>
> "Here is a list of our herb orders, it's about double what we have been
> ordering from your company. And we have added a few other items we are
> looking for and what we are willing to pay for them." Willow said handing
> Cindy over the typed inventory list of herbs and other magic items they
were
> buying for the Magic Box.
>
> Cindy took the list and looked it over carefully. "Well most of the herbs
I
> can handle. But I am going to be short on Zintra root. The weather wasn't
> good for that root this year. I have a source for the Kalnip scales so if
> you give me a few days I can fill your whole order, the rest I am going to
> have to check on. Are you going to be in town long?" Cindy asked looking
up
> at the two witches.
>
> "A few days, we have a couple of other dealers to see." Willow said
slowly.
>
> "I am going out tonight with my sister in laws to be, and won't get back
to
> my shop until tomorrow. It's going to take me a few days to pull this
> together anyway, so is there's someplace I can call you. With Mr. Giles,
> well he always respected my need to keep the shop location secret. Some of
> this stuff is powerful and I don't... it's just better to keep it secret."
> Cindy said slowly.
>
> "We are staying with friends, here is the number where you can reach us."
> Willow said handing the number over to Cindy.
>
> Cindy looked at it and then let Martha look at it. "It's the Hyperion
Hotel
> number." Martha whispered to Cindy.
>
> "How did you know that?" Tara asked
>
> "We know Cordelia, she works there." Martha said smiling, "Do you know
> Cordelia too?"
>
> "We know her." Willow said carefully
>
> "Is she planning your wedding." Martha then blurted out, looking at Tara
and
> Willow clearly asking if Cordelia was planning their wedding.
>
> "No." Willow said a little shocked.
>
> "She does seem a little homophobic. She doesn't mean it and she would
never
> admit it, but ... well. She just has a lot of faith in fashion. You know
she
> likes things to be like they are in magazines. To be picture perfect. But
> she really is a great person once you get past the fashion. " Cindy said
> with a smile.
>
> "I never thought of Cordelia like that before. But she is a good friend.
You
> really know her?" Willow said surprised.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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