Re: Fic: Chosen 1/?

["Christina" <tinabelle216@xxxxxxxxx>]

so far so....great...I love AU stories and you are great at 
them...christina



--- In buffywantswillow@y..., "jend1205" <jend1205@y...> wrote:
> Ok, here is the deal on this one. It is AU and the main reason is I 
> do them so much is that I really haven't seen many of the first 
three 
> seasons. I know they are in reruns but with three kids I'm lucky if 
I 
> get to watch anything but cartoons. I have some ideas as to where I 
> want to go with this one but I would like to know if you guys like 
it 
> so far. I suck at summaries so let me give you a little background 
> for this one. Giles and Joyce met and where married ten years 
before 
> this took place. Buffy and such are fifteen. Willow is sixteen and 
> the slayer. Ok tell me what you think and whether you want to see 
> more.
> 
> 
> Author: Jen D
> Disclaimer: I don't own just like it. 
> Rating: G-R and all points between mostly language and violence
> Pairing: Willow/ Buffy
> Spoilers: I guess all of the shows this is A/U but some of it might 
> come up.
> 
> 
> Rupert Giles hung up the phone and sat down beside his wife. 
Joyce 
> looked at the middle aged English man as he seemed to lose himself 
in 
> his thoughts. He was staring into his cup of tea.
> "Rupert, who was that on the phone?" Giles shook his head and 
looked 
> at her, "Simon Simmons. He is with watcher council. The council 
> thinks something is brewing here, so they are sending me the 
slayer."
> "You're getting the slayer? Rupert, this is a big deal isn't it."
> "Yes, it is. In my wildest dreams I never expected to get a slayer 
> this soon in my life. I really don't know want to say."
> "So what is she like?"
> "He really didn't tell me much. Her name is Willow. She's sixteen 
and 
> has been a slayer for three years. That was all he said. Told me it 
> was a surprise. The man has a strange sense of humor."
> "Three years is a pretty long time isn't it. I thought you said two 
> was the usual life span for a slayer?"
> "That's about average but Simon says this girl is far from usual."
> "Well that's a good thing then maybe Buffy won't have to be called."
> "Yes I think that is why the council gave her to me. I have a 
vested 
> interest in keeping her alive"; Rupert said and thought about his 
> blonde stepdaughter. As if knowing they were talking about her she 
> came in the kitchen door.
> "Hey what's with the serious faces", Buffy asked her parents. Buffy 
> studied the face of the man who she had thought of as her father 
for 
> ten years.
> "Your father is getting a slayer", Joyce told her daughter.
> "Dad, that's so cool. When does she get here?"
> "She is supposed to check in with me tonight."
> "Cool, mom can Xander and Cordy come over tonight for movies?"
> "If it's ok with your dad I don't see why not." Buffy looked at 
Giles 
> and he nodded his head. He liked the girl's friends and would 
rather 
> see them under his care then not knowing what they were up to. 
Buffy 
> hugged them and took off to call her friends.
> 
> 
> 
> The Giles family and friends had just finished one movie and where 
> starting on the second when the doorbell rang. Buffy jumped up and 
> ran for the door before anyone could even say anything. She opened 
> the door to the most beautiful girl she had ever seen, holding a 
> small child in her arms.
> "Um, I'm looking for Rupert Giles", the small red head asked.
> "Um, uh, oh", was all Buffy could get out. The girl raised an 
> eyebrow, "Do I have the right house?" Giles finally came to her 
> rescue, "Miss Rosenberg, please come in." Willow walked in and 
looked 
> at the group in front of her.
> "Why don't we go out to the kitchen so we don't disturb the young 
> people", Giles told the slayer. Giles was unsure who the child was 
> but he knew he had to get to the bottom of it and didn't want to 
get 
> into it in front of Buffy and her friends. Joyce and Giles sat down 
> at the island in the kitchen. Joyce studied the young women, "Have 
a 
> seat. You met Rupert and I'm Joyce his wife."
> "It's nice to meet you both. Mr. Simmons told me to check in with 
you 
> tonight Mr. Giles."
> "Yes, he called me earlier. Willow, who is the little girl?" The 
> little girl stirred in Willow arms and looked around, "Ma-ma, 
tired."
> "I know baby-girl. We'll be going in a few minutes. Just rest your 
> head", Willow told her and snuggled her closer. Joyce thought 
Giles' 
> eyes where going to pop out of his head when the child called his 
> slayer mom.
> "Willow I think might have hurt Rupert. He wasn't aware that you 
had 
> a child", Joyce told her.
> "I'm sorry that Mr. Simmons didn't tell you about this before hand. 
> This is Dawn and technically she isn't my child, she is my sister. 
> Our mother died when she was six months old. My mom found out she 
had 
> a brain tumor when she was pregnant. She didn't want to hurt Dawn 
so 
> she didn't do anything for it. When she died I was awarded custody."
> "How did you manage to get them to give a child to, what you were 
> fourteen, at the most", Joyce asked surprised.
> "The courts think that I was eighteen. When my mom got sick I knew 
> that if she didn't make it there was no way the council was going 
to 
> let me live in a foster home and I couldn't stand the thought of 
> losing Dawn. So I used my computer and changed my age. It was a lot 
> of work but it was worth it to not lose her."
> "Why does she call you mama? Who takes care of her when you slay", 
> Giles asked?
> "I had a neighbor in LA who watched her or Merrick until he died 
last 
> week. Here I don't know yet. That's the thing we need to talk 
about. 
> Mr. Giles, I need a week to get settled in. I have to find a sitter 
> and the movers are coming tomorrow to bring our stuff. I have to 
> unpack and set up the house."
> "Yes of course I understand but I the council thinks something is 
up, 
> so I need you to stay close."
> "How is across the street for you? Merrick always told me to stay 
> close to my watcher, so I bought the house across the street."
> "Brought", Joyce asked curious as to how Willow could afford to buy 
a 
> house.
> "Yes I promise that I will explain things later but for now I need 
to 
> get Dawn some place to bed."
> 
> 
> Buffy, Xander and Cordy where hiding behind the kitchen door.
> "Can you here anything, Buff", Xander asked.
> "Shh, they'll here us and no I can't".
> "Damn she's cute", he said as Cordy slapped her boyfriends 
> arm, "What"?
> "Yeah she is", Buffy muttered. Cordy looked at her blonde 
friend, "Uh 
> oh, Buffy got a crush on the new slayer."
> "Shut up, I do not."
> "Do too"
> "Ladies, you might want to be a little quieter."
>    
> 
> Mr. Giles are you aware that we are being listened too", Willow 
> asked, her slayer hearing picking up the conversation from behind 
the 
> door. Giles crept over to the door and pulled it open.
> 
> "Guys I think?", Buffy started but before she could finish she 
> found herself face flat on the floor with Xander and Cordy on top 
of 
> her.
> "Willow, I would like you to meet the eavesdroppers or otherwise 
> known as Buffy Summers, my stepdaughter and her friends Xander 
Harris 
> and Cordy Chase. Guys this is Willow."
> Willow nodded her head in their direction and turned to 
Giles, "Here 
> is my cell phone number and my pager number, if you need me. I will 
> check in again tomorrow. It was nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. 
Giles, 
> Buffy, Xander, Cordy", Willow said and headed out.