FF: Willow Chronicles: Stalking Death: Chapter One

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Series: The Willow Chronicles 
Title: Stalking Death 
Chapter: One/? 
Rating: R 
Pairing: Willow/Buffy, Willow/Alex 
Fandom: Buffy 
Timeline: After Wrecked 
Spoilers: Nope 
Beta Reader: Dark Gremlin 

Notes: Think Willow meets Nancy Drew. I've decided that what Willow needs right now, is 
something to make her feel more important. Not magic or hacking. But something that makes a 
difference, but at the same time is all her own. 

Summary: A classmate dies mysteriously and the police have targeted a friend for the murder. 
She finds herself trapped between her duty in helping her friends solve the newest hellmouth 
baddie, and saving a friend from an evil a lot closer to home. 

Disclaimer: Not mine. 

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" GO TIGERS, LET'S GO!! GO TIGER'S, LET'S GO!!!" 

Willow glowered darkly at the guy behind her, wondering for the hundredth time why she'd let 
Jamie talk her into this...outing. Yeah, okay, she didn't have a problem with school spirit, or 
football games, or basketball games, or even pep rallies. It was just that with recent events all 
she wanted to do was stay locked in her dark room and brood. Or as Xander had started to 
refer to it, pull a dead boy. 

" Oh!! Look, it's the new girl, and she's checking you out." Jamie laughed happily in a sing 
song voice, forcing her to look down to the first row of the stadium. 

The dark haired beauty was eyeing her in a way that made her think of vampires and prey. 
Those crystal silver gray eyes seemed to be stripping her naked right there, and while a small 
portion of her mind was protesting the treatment, the rest of her was doing a lusty happy 
dance. 

" No, she's probably checking you out. You're right beside me after all." 

" Uh, uh child. I know when I'm being checked out, and hon, it is nothing like that." 

She had to smile at Jaime's antic's. She had to admit that the student had been a great help in 
her addiction to magic. Truth be told, the young woman, had been right there through out 
the withdrawal, and had taken it upon herself to begin teaching her magic. Everything that 
Giles had refused to allow her to learn, and it felt great. 

The power was just as strong, but it was different. Instead of the dark tainting energy, she was 
learning the white and gray magic. How to use it. What the different magic types where. 
Meditation. Control. Everything. 

The other's still didn't know, and she preferred it that way. Dawn was still staying away from 
her, avoiding situations where they were even in the same room, much less talk to her. 
Buffy was giving her the cold shoulder, and making it clear that she was on a strict probation. 
And if they knew that she was relearning everything, then they would probably lock her away 
in a dark smelly dungeon. 

" Alright, maybe you're right. But I doubt she'd be interested in a screw up like me." 

" What have I told you about that pity party?" Jaime stood up suddenly with that 
mischievous grin that always meant trouble, and lot's of it. The cream skinned black woman 
yanked Willow up from her seat, and began to drag her down towards the gorgeous Asian student. 

She found herself following her teacher and friend, unable to tear her eyes away from the 
indescribable beautiful woman. Long thick black hair, olive skin that looked so silky and soft 
that she could melt in it. Long shapely legs that went on forever, and curves that would be 
considered a traffic hazard. ' Goddess, let me die now. ' 

" Hi. You're that new student, Alex, right?" 

" Yeah, I just transferred here from UCLA." 

Willow smiled shakily under the intense gaze of the woman. She was unlike anyone she'd ever 
met. It felt like a shock of electricity was running between them in uncontrollable currents. 
" Hi I'm Willow." 

She took Alex's hand, the electricity making it hard to keep space between their rapidly 
warming bodies. It was all she could do not to give into the rush of hormones that were 
threatening, teasing her to rip Alex's cloth's from her body and take her right there. 

" I know. We're in English together." 

She moved closer to the black haired goddess, " I would've noticed if anyone with as 
breathless a presence as you was in any of my classes." 

Willow moaned softly as the Asian woman licked her ruby red lips. " Would you like to do 
something?" 

" Oh yeah." She dived forward, claiming the swollen lips with her's. ' What the hell is 
happening to me? And why don't I care? ' 

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Judy Trumen threw the last of her lovers clothes into the hallway. She was sick and tired of 
coming in second in Jaime's life, and she'd be damned if she'd take it anymore. She was her 
lover not that red haired addict. She was her best friend not some selfish witch that couldn't 
even take care of herself much less anyone else. 

" Get out!!!" 

" Damn it, Judy. I swear to you, nothing is going on between me and Will." Jaime grabbed 
her arms desperately. " She just meet her familiar, they're probably making love at this very 
moment." 

" Do you think I actually care? I'm sick to death of being second to everyone and everything 
else in you life. Now, leave." She pointed out the door, watching her now ex-lover slowly walk 
out. 

" J, I'll be here if you change you mind." 

She slammed the door on Jamie's face. Maybe Kristin was still interested in dating. The 
blonde was hot, loyal, and a beast in bed from the rumors. Then in a couple of weeks, she 
might decide to give Jaime another try. Maybe. 

Bang, bang, bang!! 

" Great, look you can forget it Jaime..." She yanked the door open. " Wh-what are you 
doing here? I told you to leave me alone." 

She stepped back wearily at the sight of the powerful gun in the other woman's hand. " Look 
I was just joking. I didn't mean it. W-why don't you come in and we can talk about..." 

She screamed as the bullet ripped into her chest, driving her back into the wall amidst the 
storm of pain. ' Jaime...' 

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" Mm. Morning." 

She smiled happily into the warm skin of the Asian's body. Last night had been incredible. 
No, it had past incredible and gone straight through mind blowing hot monkey sex, before 
stopping into will be the death of you. 

" You're not human." 

Alex sighed slightly and shook her head. " I'm half pooka." 

" Oh really?" She propped herself up with a wicked grin. At least that little tidbit bit had 
answered her next question. " That means that you're my...we're...you're..." 

" I'm your familiar." 

She blushed slightly at the predatory smirk on her newly acquired lover's face. " I don't 
understand this." 

" You weren't ready for a familiar before." 

" But now I am?" 

" You've learned first hand just how dangerous magic is, and now you're starting to learn how 
to handle it the correct way." Alex began to stroke her back, pulling their bodies closer 
together. " The Goddess let me know that it was time." 

" That's why you transferred here." Alex had given up her scholarship at UCLA because of 
her. 

" I knew I'd end up here eventually, so no guilt, okay?" 

She nodded, letting go of an guilt she might've had. This happened because it was meant too, 
and no amount of shame or brooding would change that. " What kind of pooka are you?" 

" Jackal." She answered before pulling her down into another kiss. 

" Hey Willow, are you getting....AHHHH!!! OhmygodI'msosorry." 

Willow glanced up at the blonde that was standing by her bed with both hands covering her eyes. 


Great. Just great. This was so not how she'd meant for the other's to find out. 

" You must be the slayer." Alex promptly sat up, using the sheet to cover her ample chest. 

Buffy cracked her fingers a little to make sure it was safe, then dropped them to her sides with 
an eerie cool. The slayer eyed the hand that her familiar was offering and shifted her gaze to 
her. " Will, is there a reason why you told this...woman about me?" 

" She sorta already knew." She answered honestly. 

" Who are you anyway?" The blonde asked tightly, ignoring her again. 

" Buffy this is Alex....my pet." 

" Excuse me?" 

She smiled slightly at the wide eyed slayer, " Uh, see it's actually kind of funny. You 
remember Jaime? Well she's a Druid, actually she's more like a Druid Wiccan Witch type 
person, and she specializes in teaching recovering addict's and the Goddess sent Alex to me as 
my familiar, but we only meet last night at the football game. We won too, it was awesome 
because Percy, you remember Percy don't you? Well he scored the winning touch down and..." 

" Stop." Buffy dropped her head into her hand with that one word plea. 

" W-why don't we get dressed? Then we can talk about it over breakfast." 

Buffy nodded faintly and quickly got out of there with a glare at the raven haired woman. 

" I apologize. I didn't realize you and the slayer were an item." 

She glanced over at the pooka with amusement. " We're not. Now, do you want to take a 
shower?" 

Alex grabbed one of her robes and headed into the bathroom. " I'll scrub you're back for 
you..." 

Willow smirked evilly at the retreating figure. " I plan to scrub more than a back..." 

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Buffy entered the kitchen in full stalking mode. She was angry, she was murderous. How could 
she do that? Sleep with another woman, under her roof. She didn't give a damn about any 
witchy excuses, and what about that too? She'd promised them that there would be no more 
black magic. None, and now she does this. 

" Are you okay?" 

She glanced up at Tara suddenly remembering the red head's ex-lover. ' Oh this is so not 
good. ' " There's a slight...problem." 

" Why? What's wrong?" 

" I walked in on something I shouldn't have." 

Tara paled slightly at the implications. " O-o-oh. I-I see." 

" Willow said something about a pet, or familiar, or whatever the hell it's called. They're going 
to come down in a minute. If you want to leave I'll understand." 

" Are you sure she said pet?" Tara asked sharply, ignoring everything else. 

" Yeah. She was also babbling about Jaime and lesson's or something." 

" Oh." 

She eyed the dirty blonde closely, not liking the oh. That was defiantly a bad oh. " What?" 

" Jaime specializes in teaching witches that the Goddess sends her, and the thing about the 
pet.." Tara wiped hesitantly at her eyes. " ...only witch's who chosen as a warrior gets one." 

" I'm sorry." 

" No. It's a good thing. I mean, it doesn't stop a witch from having a lover or anything. She 
just needs a bigger bed." 

" Then you two can still date. Right?" 

They both turned to look at the teenager that they'd forgotten was sitting at the table. 
" How long have you been sitting there?" 

" I heard everything if that's what you mean." Dawn rolled her eyes, " So now that Willow is 
on the side of good again, you two can get back together." 

" Dawn. You remember that conversation we had about how sometimes even if two people 
really really care about each other they can't be together?" Tara asked 

Dawn snorted at her question. " I'm not a child you know." 

" I know. It's just that no matter how much I love Willow, we aren't meant to be lovers." 

" Yes you are." Dawn shot forward, latching onto her arm. " You two a-are like Beauty and 
the beast, or sleeping beauty, or Romeo and Juliet...okay bad example. But you know what I 
mean." 

Buffy carefully pulled her sister into a hug, trying to calm the slight spark of joy at Tara's 
words. Surely, she wasn't happy over their break up. Why did she react so badly to Willow 
being with another woman? More importantly, why was the image of a naked Willow stuck in 
her mind? 

"...was not." 

" Yes it was." Willow walked into the kitchen with Alex right behind her, obviously amused 
by something her pet had said. 

" What are you talking about?" Buffy asked. 

" Oh, uh. Witch stuff." 

She glared at the Asian, put herself between her and her red haired friend. " Now, do you 
mind telling me what is going on here?" 

" Buffy." Willow slide around her, " I already told you that she's my familiar, o-or pet." 

" So what are you saying?" She asked sharply. " That you two are now orgasm buddies." 

Willow cringed at her hurtful tone. " We're intimate because it's the most effective way to 
charge our energy." 

Buffy narrowed her eyes dangerously, ready to lit into her friend. She wasn't going to just sit 
back and watch her give herself to some stranger. Pet be damned. Willow deserved better than 
some no body that was being forced onto her. 

" Look, Buffy, we have to meet Jaime in a few minutes." Willow said softly. " We'll drop by 
the store later." 

" We'll finish this now." 

" I think you need to cool off, before you say something that can't be taken back." 

Buffy watched them leave, wanting nothing more than to drag that..that...woman away from 
her witch. 

" I should get ready. Jason's picking me up soon." 

She nodded absently as Dawn took off. 

" How long have you been in love with her?" 

She closed her eyes tiredly. Great. That's all she needed. To discuss her feelings for Tara's ex-
girlfriend. " Forever." 

" Why haven't you told her?" 

" She sees me as her friend." 

She heard Tara move, but refused to look at the witch for fear of the hate she knew she'd see 
there. 

" Dawn doesn't know, but that first week after you died, we had her on suicide watch. She 
love's you so much that afterwards it was like she died with you. It's when I allowed myself to 
realize that I never really had her, you did." 

" That's why you broke up." 

" One of the reason's." Tara admitted. " She was never able to give herself to me completely." 

" You mean the way she could with me?" She opened her eyes. 

Tara nodded quietly. " Yeah." 

" I'm sorry." 

" Don't be. I've known this was coming for a while now." The witch embraced her tightly. 
" I should go." 

" Bye." She watched the witch leave, caught between her own guilt over what was happening 
to the dirty blonde, and joy over the fact that her red head loved her. 

Maybe, just maybe, being alive again, wasn't so bad after all. 

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Aeris Jade Orion

Grey Fox, and cause of Discord in the outback.

" Are we mice, or are we men?"
" We're mice."

- Stephan Kings IT