Re: 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. 
> 
> <><><><><><><> 
> Absolutely love the story.Cant wait for the second chapter.Please 
dont keep us waiting long for it or for chapter updates to your other 
stories already started

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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? ' 
> 
> <><><><><><><> 
> 
> 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...' 
> 
> <><><><><><><> 
> 
> " 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..." 
> 
> <><><><><><><> 
> 
> 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