Academy of Slayage Series 1 Episode 1 “In the Beginning” Willow/Kennedy Faith/Other Dawn/?

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Academy of Slayage Series 1 Episode 1 ?In the
Beginning? Willow/Kennedy Faith/Other Dawn/?

Author's name/pen name: bw
E-mail: blackcoffeeblues138@xxxxxxxxx
Title: The Academy of Slayage Series 1 Episode 1 ?In
the Beginning?
Summary: Episode One of a ten episode Series
Pairings-Willow/Kennedy Dawn/? Faith/Other 
Spoilers: Up to the end of BTVS and s4 of Angel 
Archiving: Please ask before doing it, but I am sure I
will say yes. Also, if you have a list or know of a
list I should post this on please email me
Rating: nc-17 for mentions of very gay things and some
BDSM
Feedback: of course, please email me privately. I
make a point of replying to each email I get
Author's Notes: The trailer for this is posted (along
with this episode) at adultfanfiction.net 
Disclaimer: Joss, Mutant Enemy and uh?Fox?? Own
BTVS?.is that why its on fx? I am just borrowing it
for a little while to play with some things I have
wanted to do for a few years. 



Two years? Has it really been two years since the
destruction of Sunnydale? So wow, that means I have
been dead for about two and half years. Time sure
does fly here in the afterlife! I mean, after that
book deal I signed, and the spoken word tour of
Heaven?Ok, I am rambling. 

Its funny, I barely knew these people but I feel
forever connected to them. I have become friends with
some of their fallen here in the afterlife. In fact,
after I finish this, Joyce and I are going out for the
evening (or whatever you want to call it here, night
and day are somewhat abstract). Such surprises these
crazy kids are in for, really, this is only the
beginning. 

My name is Cassie Newton, welcome to the academy. 


****
She needed to get away. 

They had been following her for about an hour now. It
had been very methodical, almost as if they did not
want to catch her right away. She had stumbled upon
what was really happening to the girls who had denied
their suitors or had decided to leave the town. They
would disappear for a few days, come back, and want to
be married and have babies suddenly. It all seemed
like coincidence, cold feet, until it had happened to
her. She had discovered the truth, the horrible
truth, but they had discovered her as well. Now she
had to escape and tell someone. Anyone. 

She ran through the field trying to figure out if
there were any caves or trails she could hide in. 
Alas, she seemed to be stuck with nowhere to turn,
nowhere to go. Then suddenly, her luck ran out. A
dead end. 

She stood in front of the wall, slowly turning around
to see her followers make their way up to her. A man
came forward who she recognized as a Bishop from
America. 

The man came towards her, rubbing his graying beard
with his right hand ?so you thought you could evade
us, little girl, did you?? 

Out of his vest, he pulled a gem ?This will only hurt
for a moment dear, since you have already been
indoctrinated?

With a few words shouted in Latin, the girl?s world
suddenly turned blank, as she, doey eyed, turned and
walked towards the man, standing rigged in front of
him. 

Smiling, he walked around her, as if to inspect her. 
?You won?t be causing anymore trouble young lady;
you?ll be a good girl from now?. 

With that, she was lead to their waiting van and back
to the church.


****
?I?m telling you Giles, we can transfer all of your
vinyl over to CDR, and they will still sound the same.
I agree with you, CDs sound like shit when taken from
analog recordings, but we can forgo that now and save
a lot of space.? 

Patrick Cullen sighed and shook his head. He and
Giles had been bringing in his things and had gotten
to the ridiculous record collection of Rupert?s. The
same argument they had gotten into a few months back
started up again. 

?That is fine and all Patrick, but what about the joy
of flipping over the vinyl, and holding beautiful
artwork in your hand? Your idea is not without merit,
but it is not for me.?

Smiling, he handed Giles another crate of records
?Fine Rupert.? He paused, staring at Giles?s copy of
?Live at Last? in front of the next crate ?When does
the last batch of books for the library come in??

Giles finished putting away a crate of records before
answering, pausing to clean his glasses, ?Tomorrow,
during the orientation they will be arriving. Faith
will be coming in with the Alpha Team in the morning.?

Patrick handed him another crate ?What about Buffy?s
sister??

?She will be arriving sometime tomorrow, there was a
delay in the states with her flight? Giles paused and
did the time change math in his head ?they are leaving
probably right around now?

****
Willow Rosenberg stared out at the beautiful view her
private quarters gave of the countryside and frowned. 
The view was so beautiful, but Willow was not feeling
quite that beautiful right now. She was tired, and
sad, and just wanted to relax. She sat down to begin
to writing in her journal, trying to sum up the past
years events for future generations to read-

Tomorrow, after nearly a years worth of planning and
work, the academy will open on the grounds of the
castle in front of my own smaller castle. For the
first year, after Sunnydale imploded and The First was
defeated, nearly everyone who had survived made his or
her way to Cleveland to fight the Hellmouth there. 
Cleveland, contrary to popular rumor, does not quite
rock so hard. Eventually, one night Giles came to me
and ran an idea by me that sounded too good to pass
up. 

We would go back to England and collect any of the
Councils remaining assets. As Giles and Dobson were
the only surviving members left besides Wesley, they
were the heirs of the remaining funds. We left a few
days later for the first time, first going to
California to pick up Wesley so he could sign off on
any paperwork as well. 

It turned out the council had quite a nest egg hidden
in a few easily hacked into Swiss accounts. A few
days after, we purchased the castles and six thousand
acres around it another check came in that we are
supposed to pretend we do not know was from Angel. 
This check was enough to start collecting books to
rebuild the watchers archives. Luckily, Giles also
had a back up collection in his flat here in England. 
We then went our separate ways again, Giles and I
going back to Cleveland to discuss our decision with
everyone. 

It was a unanimous vote; we would move most of those
in Cleveland to England, leaving behind a small group
to deal with the Hellmouth there. Principal Wood,
Rona, Xander, Andrew, and a group of new active
Slayers would remain. 

The rest of us split up, some going home to see
family, others coming to England with Giles and I to
start planning. Every so often one of us would relief
someone in Cleveland so they get away for a while
also. 

What we now call the Alpha Team of Slayers joined
Faith on a trip around the world, fighting any evil
they came across. They will be here tomorrow morning.
I am excited to see Faith, as time has gone on; we
have grown closer and really patched up things. 

One night I came in from a date with Kennedy and found
a note on my bed. It was from Buffy. She simply said
she needed to go away for a while to grow up, learn
things about herself, and just be a normal young
woman. I understood; she had been through so much in
the past eight years with us.

Dawn left to go stay with some friends in Seattle
right after that. She said she needed to clear her
head and get away from everything for a while. 

We have a few new friends also. A young witch named
Lilac, who I met through the Coven, has joined us to
help me teach magick. The first time I was in England
after I went all grr bad she was of great help to my
recovery. She also served as a great pillow for me to
cry all over. I am glad she is here with us. 

When we came to England the first time a young man
name Patrick got in touch with us. Turns out he is a
relative of Travers, and knew Giles as a child. He
has been with us for the past six months working with
Giles on rebuilding the library and finalizing the
academy. Yep, we are going to have our own little
Hogwar---

Before Willow could finish that sentence, two hands
came up behind her and wrapped themselves tightly
around her body. Her lover Kennedy had just come out
of the shower and now had her naked body wrapped
tightly around Willow. 

She put her face against the side of Willows and
whispered to her ?I just got out of the shower and I
kind of can?t find my clothes? They snuggled tightly
for a moment before Kennedy continued, ?can I snuggle
with you??

Willow forced a smile, not really wanting to be
touched right now but going along with it for
Kennedy?s sake. They embraced for a few minutes
quietly, Kennedy stroking Willow?s hair while Willow
buried her head into her naked chest. 

Kennedy looked down and saw the journal Willow had
been writing in on the floor. ?What?s that?? she said
as she picked it up.

Lazily Willow looked up and sighed internally ?that is
the journal I am going to keep of the beginnings of
the academy. I figure some scoobies a few hundred
years from now might want some insight into our
beginnings?. 

Kennedy pulled out of the embrace and jumped up
quickly, her breasts bouncing up and down gently as
she leaned back on the balls of her feet ?Wow, yeah,
that?s all going down tomorrow? She paused as Willow
got up, and smiled at the red head, ?You?re going to
be head Mistress?.? 

She trailed off for a moment as she glided down to her
knees and looked up-

?But you?ve always been my Mistress?

****
Dawn Summers lay back in the chair she was sitting in
and closed her eyes for a moment. Dawn and her
significant other were off to England to join everyone
else who was convening at the academy. Dawn, after
many discussions with Giles, and then with Wesley out
in LA, had decided she would be one of the first of
the new breed of watchers. Her lover was going to be
joining them as well to study magick. As Dawn looked
around Newark International Airport at all the people,
she thought about what an interesting year it had
been, ending up in Seattle and all. She had fallen in
love and grown so much. It was funny to her how
little the people around her knew of where she was
going, and what she would be doing there. Before she
could finish these thoughts, the one she was in madly
in love with came out of the bathroom and smiled at
her, taking her hand, and heading towards the plane. 

***
Willow feigned a smile as she looked down at her
lover. She had tired of these kinds of games, but
they made Kennedy happy so she always played along. 
Part of why Willow kept her distance from her at times
was that Kennedy treated her like a Goddess, or a
Mistress, or at times a bit of both. 

Sure it was sexy, she and Tara had certainly never
done anything like this?never got the chance?

Kennedy looked up at her lovingly and smiled, leaning
her cleavage forward 

?Mistress, may I touch You??

Willow looked down at the girl and nodded, unzipping
her black pants. Kennedy eagerly leaned forward and
started to lick.

As Kennedy stimulated the hood of Willows clit, all
Willow could think about was how pointless this all
felt. She felt very empty as her hands ran over
Kennedy?s hair gently, going through the motions. 
Suddenly she stammered in pleasure as Kennedy rolled
her tongue around broadly. 

After all, Kennedy was good at this. All the practice
on those innocent girls she corrupted at boarding
school Willow presumed. Tara certainly never had been
that great at this, their relationship had been more
hugs and kisses and hand holding. Really, they should
be in bed anyhow. They had a big day ahead of them! 

Her lover slid two fingers inside of her, moving them
around slowly. Willow had to admit this felt good;
she needed the release badly. Kennedy pulled them out
and leaned her face back in, her tongue beginning to
stroke at her clit, teasing it gently before her lips
pressed down on it, sending bolts of pleasure all
through Willows body. 

Kennedy started muttering about pleasing her goddess
and things of the like when she buried her face inside
Willow, looking for the spot she knew drove Willow
crazy. Her sucking at Willows clit finally made her
give in, making Willow buckle and fall forward into
Kennedy?s arms. 

With that, they went to bed. 


***The Next Morning***

?Holy shit, this is dope!?

That was all Faith could get out as she looked out the
window of their car towards the huge castle that had
come up in front of them. She turned towards Vi,
Caridad, and Lauren, and smiled at them. They had
just gotten back into country after being in Germany
taking out a Hundekopf demon. 

?From what Red said, I get my own smaller castle
behind the actual castle. Perks of being ?Mistress of
Slayage??. Faith giggled at that last part and
smiled, thinking naughty thoughts. 

Vi rolled her eyes and mocked ?Um, Madam, um, Faith?I
want to be the best slayer I can be, I?ll do
anything!? She let out a mock moan and everyone in
the car besides their driver laughed. 

Caridad leaned forward from her spot in the middle on
the long, limo like seat they sat in towards the
driver ?What is your name dear??

The young woman in the drivers? seat looked back
slightly, but refusing to make eye contact looked back
towards the road ?my name is Penelope, I?m a new
slayer. I just arrived a month ago; Head Mistress
Willow assigned me to drive you in.?

That last sentence got a wicked smile out of Faith
?Head Mistress eh? Are we starting an academy for
young women to learn how to be slayers or how to beg
and serve us?? 

***
Faith, even though a lot more light hearted than
before her prison stay, was still Faith. When she was
around her team she was often very quiet, spending
many nights brooding and thrashing vampires. She did
not really speak to anyone outside of her teammates
and the other scoobies except for Angel, who she kept
in almost semi daily contact with. Faith had hand
picked them both, finding them to have the most
potential out of any of the new slayers. Vi had
especially been hand picked, her performance in the
final battle against the first had impressed Faith so
much she nearly got into a fistfight with Kennedy over
who would have her on their team. Not that she needed
an excuse to knock out Kennedy. 

Caridad and Vi were, besides Kennedy, the best of the
active slayers besides Buffy and Faith. Sent all
around the world to fight whatever comes their way,
the three of them had become quite the badass
combination. 

They had picked up Lauren about five months before
when they were last in the states. She had started
out in Cleveland working with Xanders people, but they
had come to the decision that she would be better off
here learning at the academy. They had picked her up
and taken her on a rather bumpy ride through Canada,
stopping to kill three vampire clans. 

Then there was the Siren in Belgium who made Caridad
strip for some vampires to humiliate her, before Faith
could decapitate it. However, Lauren would rather not
talk about how she felt about seeing Caridad naked
except for a pair of silver platform heels, swinging
from a poll. Yeah, avoid those thoughts. 


***
Willow had already been awake for a while when Kennedy
had woken up after their late night escapades. Her
lover had gone out while Willow was in the shower for
her morning run, leaving Willow alone to finish her
journal entry from the previous night and to send an
email back to Fred in LA. As she typed back to Fred
she found herself opening up to her, they had become
very friendly over the past two years, Willow smirking
for a moment as she thought about Fred?s innocent
infatuation with her. As she continued, she found
herself opening up about Kennedy-

Things have been very strained between Kennedy and me.
I love her a lot, but sometimes she is too much for
me. We have fought over some petty things in the past
two years. Every so often, I disappear for a week,
ten days, sometimes I just need to get away and think.
I have many bad dreams. Kennedy is always ok with it
at first, but then she will make some sort of little
aside that says to me she really is not. It can be
quite bothersome at times. She is also very jealous
of any friends I visit, particularly Lilac and Xander,
which I do not get at all?.

There was a knock at her door before she could finish
that sentence. Knowing whom it would be, Willow got
up out of her chair and walked over to the door. She
opened it and found a girl no older than seventeen
standing at the door. 

This came as no surprise, as for the past three months
she had been there every morning ?Good morning Ashley,
is breakfast ready?? Willow smiled at the girl. 

Ashley, looked down slightly, finally in the past few
weeks getting over her nerves and becoming more
comfortable around Willow ?Madam, breakfast is ready,
Miss Faith and the Alpha Team are on their way, their
driver called about thirty minutes ago.?

Willow walked into the hall and shut the door to her
bedroom behind them ?Great, wow, this is the big day I
guess?? Willow gave pause at Ashley?s perplexed look
?I have no idea what I am even going to say. I?m not
really one for speeches; maybe I?ll just leave that to
Faith?? 

They made their way down the stairs into the main hall
of her private castle and out into the greens. Ashley
paused and walked about one hundred feet away so
Willow could take care of her daily trip to the marker
they had left out in honor of those who had fallen in
battle with the scoobies? Anya, Jenny Calendar,
Kendra, Amanda, amongst others; and most importantly
behind them all was a small, separate marker for Tara.
Every morning when Ashley came to get her for
breakfast, she liked to go to them and run her hand
over the marker. Usually said a few words to Tara?s,
but this morning she just smiled at it and ran her
hand over it slowly. She then turned around, caught
up with Ashley, and then made their way down the
half-mile trail to the Academy of Slayage. 


***
The two young women made their way into the main
dining hall. About fifty young slayers were sitting
down talking amongst themselves, waiting to eat, or
beginning to bring out the food. Sonic Youth?s
?Dirty? LP played through the hall, obviously the work
of Patrick. There are already a good amount of girls
here, by the time all arrived within the next week
they would have seventy. 

Willow put her hand on Ashley?s shoulder and nodded
towards the main table, inviting her to join Willow. 
Ashley looked at her with a mix of fear and shock but
followed her obediently. 

As they walked towards the long table at the front
Willow leaned over and whispered to her ?you are going
to sit with us at meals and in meetings from now on, I
want you in on everything we do, after all you are my
personal assistant.? Ashley looked at her again in
shock but smiled as they separated to sit. 

Willow sat down in her usual seat in the front of the
round table. To her left was Patrick, who she leaned
over to and hugged good morning, wrapping her arms
around him semi tightly, whispering ?you ready for
this?? Patrick squeezed her tightly and turned his
face towards her, pulling his mid neck length brown
hair out of his face ?as ready as we will ever be?

To Patrick?s left was Rupert Giles, who gave Willow a
small smile before taking a sip of the tea, just left
out for him. 

Willow turned back to her right to see Kennedy coming
in, freshly showered, and dressed from her morning
training. Kennedy came and sat down in the seat to
the right of Willow, leaning over to kiss her good
morning. 

At this point breakfast service had begun. Among the
items on the menu were waffles, tempah bacon (Patrick
had recently converted Willow and Kennedy to veganism,
taking most meat items off the menu), hash browns,
biscuits, and sausage. Also served were tea, juice,
and coffee. A young Russian slayer named Anastasiya
put an orange juice and poured a cup of coffee for
Patrick, juice for Willow, Earl Grey for Kennedy and
Giles. 

They all dug into their breakfast. Passing small
chatter back and forth, Giles and Patrick argued about
Homer, Kennedy looked over her notes as she mumbled to
herself about the floor plan for her room. 

Willow turned to Ashley and smiled, wanting to make
the girl comfortable ?Ashley do you have a partner
yet?? She knew the girl did of course, but did not
know whom, so the question was not just for small
talk. 

Ashley sipped her tea and thought for a moment ?Her
name is Dawn Summers?B-B-Buffy?s sister?. Ashley was
still nervous around her mentor. 

Willow lit up at the mention of the Summers sisters
?Oh that?s great! Dawn is going to be a watcher, or
whatever we decide to call it now.?

Ashley smiled back at her, growing a little more
confident. After a silent moment, Willow whispered,
?I wish her sister was here?. 

Only Ashley heard her. 

Suddenly, part of the room became very quiet, as the
huge oak double doors opened and standing in the
doorway smirking at Willow and Patrick were Faith and
her team. 


***
They met about half way through the hall near the
middle and exchanged hugs and greetings as all of the
slayers looked on, trying not to stare. Willow
realized everyone was staring at them and walked up a
few steps, the heels of her shoes echoing through the
room ?Alright everyone, there will be time for proper
introductions very soon. We will reconvene in one
hour for orientation. Everyone should have a partner
at this point, but if you see someone who looks lost
please direct them. Dismissed?

With that, all of the girls got up and started to file
out quietly. Willow turned to Kennedy and nodded for
her to follow ?Ashley you are also with me, Giles,
Patrick, Alpha team?? She paused and smiled at Faith
?We will see you in an hour?. They walked the other
way and out the doors back towards their castle to
make last minute preparations. 

Giles watched them leave and then turned towards those
who remained. He thought for a moment and looked past
Faith towards Vi and Caridad ?I could use your help
outside preparing, if you would? 

Vi nodded, turning towards Lauren ?You?ll join us too?
Lauren filed in with them and they started to move. 

Patrick walked behind them also and headed towards the
stairs ?I am going to get some things from my quarters
for orientation?

Faith started to walk as well but towards the stairs
next to the oak doors, ?I am going to hit my quarters
for a short nap, Penelope told me where my room is?.

About ten minutes later Patrick opened the door to
Faiths room and found her lying naked on her bed, a
wide smile on her face. 


***
Patrick walked over to the bed and sat down, pulling
Faith close to him. After embracing for a long
moment, Patrick leaned in and kissed Faith on the
mouth, holding it there for a few seconds. 

They had met in Germany a few months while Patrick was
on holiday collected some resources for the academy
library. They had, much in Faiths style, fucked about
two hours later but strangely, Faith did not just
discard him much as she did to others. They had kept
in touch through email when possible. They had also
decided, to keep things casual and first and foremost,
very private. Both involved felt a close bond
forming, moments like this preserving that. 

Faith looked over at Patrick and stared into his hazel
eyes as he looked back at her, smiling ?so P, you
ready for the big academy of mutant?s thing here??

Patrick leaned in and kissed her forehead, breathing
in her scent ?Yes, sure?we got you, Wolverine, Willow
can be Jean Gray, I want to be Professor Xavier, but
I?m not as hot as Captain Picard, so that doesn?t work
I guess?. 

Faith laughed and turned over onto the side of the bed
to start getting dressed ?you crack me up sometimes P?


***
Kit Holburn looked over at her lover and smiled,
snuggling up to her tightly. Her and Dawn stretched
their feet out on the bed and sat quietly, holding
each other. It had been a very long day for both
young women, spending most of it on an airplane
heading towards England and now sitting in bed in
their hotel room. 

Tomorrow morning they and a Slayer named Persephone
would make their way to the new Slayage Academy to
begin their training. Dawn was to become a watcher,
Kit to learn Magick. It had been a very long day and
all they wanted to do was relax.

Kit ran her hand through Dawns beautiful brown hair,
stroking it gently and sighing deeply before speaking
?so, what do you think will be their reaction?? She
paused, turning to her lover to kiss her gently on the
mouth ?to you know, us being ?recently gay? and all?

Dawn smiled at the reference to the Buffy-Bot, ?Oh I?m
sure they will be fine with it. Willow and Kennedy
will be of course, Giles will too.? 

Running her hand over Dawns face and down to her
neckline, Kit leaned in and kissed it softly, holding
her lips there for a few moments. She then looked up
at Dawn and kissed her mouth, pulling away slowly and
putting her head back on her lovers shoulder, falling
asleep a few minutes later. 

***
Willow Rosenberg looked out at the assembled masses
and smiled. She stood next to the podium where she
would be speaking to the young women slowly assembling
below her in a few minutes and she was strangely not
nervous. After all, they were her young women below
her. Many of them were scared or uncertain about
their callings and the powers they had. Many of them
looked up to her, Kennedy, and the others who had been
in Sunnydale. About 99% of them did a little bit of
both. 

Willow found it all a bit much, but she was glad they
had someone to look up to at their age. When she was
younger, before she met Buffy, she had not of really
had many positive females? role models in her life. 
Sure, there was her mother, but really, they had never
related. Their lack of any sort of communication
since long before Sunnydale was demolished for the
galactic highway proved that. 

She looked over to see Patrick coming up onto the
stage. He was not exactly hiding how he was avoiding
eye contact with all around him. She could tell
something was up, but it would have to wait until
later. 

Giles was already seated and going over his notes for
what he would say. She had not even noticed her come
on the stage, but Lilac was seated to the left of
Giles quietly looking down at the floor. 

Willow walked back, sat down in her appointed chair in
the middle of Giles and Patrick, and sat quietly for a
minute before feeling a hand on her own right hand. 
She looked up to see Patrick smiling at her. She
squeezed back and smiled. It was nice to have little
moments like that with someone. They sure did not
come that often when-

Before she could finish that thought, Faith came into
view on the grounds and most of the assembled crowd
became silent immediately. The brown haired slayer
paused at that and looked at them all, shaking her
head ?I need to get used to this?. 

She walked parallel to where they all sat and up the
stairs to the stage, stopping for a second to nod to
Caridad, Vi, and Lauren, who were on the side of the
stage. Faith gave a nod to Giles and with her back
turned to the crowd a quick smile to Willow and
Patrick. Her seat was at the end of the row, next to
Willow. 

***
With everyone here, it was now time for the
orientation to begin. Willow made her way to the
podium and stared out at everyone, stopping to look at
Ashley and Kennedy, who sat in the front row next to
each other. Kennedy gave her a wink and Willow
sighed, it was time to speak.

?Welcome to the academy everyone. I am your Head
Mistress, Willow Rosenberg.? She paused for a second
as Faith muffled a chuckle. 

?As some of you who have been here for a few months
while we prepared know, this has been about a year in
the making. A few years ago, I took part in the
creation of what you all are now. It was through my
magick came the activation of every potential slayer. 
Every girl who had it in her to become one would have
the strength and skills? but forget about all of that
for now. A lot of you are probably scared or
apprehensive. You are not alone in this. Here, in
this academy you will have friends who are like you,
weather you are here to learn the skills to be what
used to be called a watcher.?

She trailed off and looked over at Giles ?Say, did we
rename that yet?? 

Turning back to the crowd, she continued, ?Anyway,
weather you are here to learn those skills, to learn
Magick, or because you are a slayer, you will never be
alone. Before I met Buffy Summers, I always felt
alone. Sure I had friends?? Willow paused for a
moment and thought of Jesse for the first time in a
very long time. What would he think of all of this? 

??but at the same time, I felt so completely alone. I
did not feel right in my own skin. When Buffy came
along and I became part of the group that would
completely rewrite the book on slaying, I finally felt
like I had a purpose. When there were problems I had
people whom I could relate to who would help me out. 
This is what I hope is the first thing we give each
one of you here. Thank you.?

Willow sat down to mild applause but not before
tapping Faith on the knee gently, as if to ?tag? her
next to speak. Faith hopped up, walked towards the
podium, and looked over all the young women sitting
before her, avoiding dirty thoughts. She looked to
the left towards the Alpha team and nodded, and they
in turn nodded back. 

?Well what?s up ya?ll? My name is Faith and I will be
your ?Head Mistress of Slayage??. She paused to think
of what to say. These young women were hanging on her
every movement and word.

?But it doesn?t matter if I am your leader and all
that stuff. I just so happen to be a few years older
than all of you. I became the slayer when the
previous one, a girl named Kendra died.? 

Again, Faith paused for a moment and then smiled. 
?But luckily for me, I had a girl named Buffy Summers
there with me. See it turns out because B had kicked
it once before, there were now two slayers. I messed
up a lot; hell so did B. The best thing to ever
happen to me though was having the two of us.?

Faith stopped and looked back at Willow and Giles and
then back towards the audience ?But it wasn?t just me
and B. We had red over here, and Giles.? Faith
looked down for a moment, remembering what a dork
Wesley was, what a difference a few years makes. 

?The point here is; we had a team. There was no I,
ok so maybe B got a bit carried away with that for
awhile?anyway, no one here is going to be alone?? She
turned her head and pointed towards the Alpha Team ?my
girls over there, we are the best damn slayers to ever
live that I know of. Each one of you is going to be
broken up into teams like this. I am not sure how
this will all work because I have just thought it
through, but it will. Before B and me, the slayer was
alone. This will never happen again. I do not want
to go all riot girl on ya, but we are our own
destiny.? She turned and smiled back at Patrick ?with
the help of new friends and old we can do this. I
don?t really know what else to say, see you tomorrow
kids? 

With that, Faith sat down and Giles came up to the
podium. ?Eh, yes, thank you Faith, and Willow. I am
Rupert Giles; I will be the headmaster for the
academy. I was the last of the old watchers remaining
in active duty when we closed the Sunnydale Hellmouth.
This academy has been in planning for the past year
by Ms. Rosenberg and myself. As both she and Faith
have pointed out, the slayer deserves a fighting
chance. This school will hopefully teach you all
this. We will rely of active participation to educate
you. You can only learn by doing, as I learned the
hard way with Buffy?? 

??There will be great expectations of you, to train
and keep up with your studies at all times. Once we
have a proper group of educators on staff, we will
begin have elective courses each semester. You will
each be required to take a few courses to enliven your
minds. Not only will you work with he or she who runs
your particular field, be it Faith, Ms Rosenberg, or
I, or Patrick, and Lilac too, you will meet each week
with an assigned two of us during our office hours to
discuss your life here and any thing you need.?

Giles stopped for about thirty seconds to let that all
set in ?For the rest of this day, the grounds are
yours to explore in groups with either Ms Rosenberg,
myself, Patrick, or Lilac as your guide. Curfew will
be twenty hundred hours tonight, after this it will be
later but for tonight I want everyone to settle in
early and get to know your roommate. Alright,
everyone is dismissed, please group up with anyone of
the four of us please for your tour.?

With that, the Slayers and Witches below got up,
talking amongst themselves while forming groups. 
Willow and Giles seemed to be the most popular, only a
few young women going over to Lilac, her quiet
appearance seemed to intimidate many of the girls. 
Patrick sat on the stage talking to a few of the girls
who had come over to join him for the tour when Faith
came by and whispered something in his ear. She was
then off to join Willow. 

While Patrick sat there talking quietly to a slayer
named Penelope, Vi watched him from the other side of
the stage. Something about him caught her attention
but she could not quite put her finger on it yet. 

After a minute or so, Caridad came up behind her and
put her arms on her neck, startling her, ?Stop
staring, you?ll turn him to stone.? 

Vi, composed herself, embarrassed ?I was not staring,
merely observing. He was making some rather nice
remarks to the girls about the power of the slayer and
how fucked it was the council kept them under the
control of men for so long.? 

Caridad laughed, ?You want him so bad Vi!? With that
she kissed Vi on the back on the head and grabbed her
arm ?C?mon, Willow is going to show us around?

Vi followed her, but looked back one more time towards
Patrick before walking quickly to catch up to Willows
group. 


***Epilogue***
Willow walked the grounds in front of her castle for
about twenty minutes before the person she was meeting
up with finally showed up.

?Hey red, great speech today? 

Willow turned around and smiled at Faith, walking over
to her to hug her tightly. Faith held her close for a
minute, then whispered in her ear ?How ya holding up
red??

Willow smiled as she pulled away ?better lately, I
still have the nightmares, sometimes I just feel like
I shouldn?t be doing this, why do I still feel guilty
sometimes Faith??

Faith pulled her tight again and let Willow cry on her
shoulder. Once the dust cleared in what used to be
Sunnydale Willow and Faith had gotten very close,
realizing they had a lot in common. Both had gone all
big bad at one point, and came back to redeem
themselves. Both had doubts about their choices and
their current place in the world, and they had become
very close because of it. Faith let Willow cry,
knowing the girl had been holding it in for a long
time. 

About a mile away, Kennedy stood hidden amongst some
trees, disgust ridden on her face. 


Grr Argh


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