From The Time of the Vampire

[ILLYRIAN]

My thanks to those who gave permission for Fan Fiction of the slayer to continue.

From The Time of the Vampire.

The girl wandered into the forest, initially her interest had been attracted by the black and white bird that had a vaguely pleasant warbling sound it used to send messages to its family. Passing through the forest she found the school she would be attending. Wandering to the front of the school she met two others on the bench seats.

The three girls faced each other. “Odd I feel nothing about her,” said Amy. “You think that is odd, I cannot see an aura around her, no aura at all,” said Willow. The girl looked to Willow then to Amy. “Yes I see you are both okay, if you want have a look at my aura now.” Willow did as suggested, she was gobsmacked. “You’ve got an aura know, how, who are you?” asked Willow.

"My name is Ann Eb, Ann Eb Summers, my parents baptized me two months ago with this name as an ancestor had a similar name over a century ago. I was chosen to be here to battle the vampires and any other demon I find,” said Ann. “Vampires, I’ve never heard of any vampires here,” said Amy. “Have we ever asked if there are any here?” asked Willow.

“If you want we can go back to my place. I have a room that Willow and I use for experimenting,” she looks to Ann, “magic that is.” Willow looked at Ann, “You say you were sent here so you must know there are vampires here,” Ann replied that she didn’t, “Vampires can move along the passages formed from countless years of earthquakes that have spread from Hell.

Willow grinned as she faced Ann, “Been here before have you?” Ann grimaced at Willow, “Yes, not exactly here though.” Ann touched Willow’s left shoulder. “Hell was defeated on the other side of the world, I wandered along countless passages though I never saw any of the evil beings,” said Ann. Willow faced Amy, “That is the devil she means isn’t it. “Yes,” replied Amy.

“No,” stated Ann, “You’ve been listening to the false truth handed to you by the schools haven’t you?” We found that the Angel who was removed from heaven for controlling the animals to do as God had wanted became the Devil. He had a son just as God did, the Devils son tried to battle the Devil and lost. The Devils warned God of his Sons attitude.

Amy grinned to Willow, together they smiled then Ann began to shake her head at them, “If you never want to hear me shout at you, never say about Gods enemy being the Devil as it is The Devils Son who is the enemy. Ann looked decidedly saddened though it wasn’t because of God or the Devil, Willow could tell there was something else.

Ann faced Willow and started to nod. “I started to think about my parents, I’m never going to see them again because I volunteered to be here.” Willow looked to Ann, she put an arm about her, Amy and I will do what we can to help you, “So, where are your parents.” Ann had accidentally allowed a tear to fall from an eye as she shook her head. When, not where, in a century or so.

I was sent back here to find the vampires and end them. “Are we the right ones you should seek?” asked Willow. “If I mentioned this to people who are the age of you parents they are liable to keep asking questions about is the such a place as hell or heaven and would it be necessary to start a battle against the residents of Hell.”

“Who are you and how do you know of this place?” asked Amy. Buffy looked to both of them, Amy looked to Willow. “She knew of our room,” said Amy.


To Be Continued

 

[ILLYRIAN]

In The Time of the Vampire

part 2

Being stood just inside the door Willow faced then spoke to Ann Eb. “Something is going on here, I cannot even remember the name Sunnydale.” said Willow. Ann Eb handed Willow a book, “This is for you to look at here, as I cannot let you take it away from here.” Willow was a bit put out by Ann Eb’s comment until she read the start of the book, printed in 2097.

Willow stared to Ann Eb. “When I left my home the world was almost at an end, I have been ordered to be back here to try ensure that the end will not begin,” said Ann Eb. Willow looked to her, “As long as you are sure the vampires caused the end, all will be well.” “That is just it, the first time it was thought that W.R. and Hart caused the end, it didn’t, I am plan B,” said Ann Eb.

Willow breathed in deeply, “Where do we start, when your ancestor was here she had a watcher Mr. Rupert Giles should I get another one, could it be that the slayer who was here before was your ancestor and if so why couldn’t you have used her?” asked Willow. “In the sense that all of us slayers are a type of family then yes, but we are not related,” said Ann Eb.

Ann grinned to Willow, “I only stated that as my family name was Summers, in case anyone knew the name but as no one reacted as I hoped they might I will not mention it again.” Willow looked deep into Ann Eb’s eyes in the hope she’d understand her. “It does seem as though you want to get the vampires but it seems as though you are here for a specific reason,” said Willow.

Ann faced Willow then checked about then, “I do not want anyone else to hear what I am about to say,” Willow smiled to Ann, “In the time I am from, a few years prior to the end of the century there is a problem with the numbers of people left alive. There was also the number of vampires left on the planet that was too few for them to survive,” said Ann Eb.

“Add to that was mankind’s ability to rage war on one another, initially some humans did that and more humans provoked that. Add to that there was great problems worldwide with Climate Change though that was accidentally cured by the vampires killing the humans; a reduction in the numbers of people using gas petrol and electricity solved that,” said Ann.

“Do you mean that vampires could have helped the human race?” asked Willow. Ann laughed, “Err no, having fewer humans did save the planet from destruction, vampires kept killing off mankind. Those in charge of the worlds armed forces had realised that they with the vampires were responsible for the end of mankind and the end of the proliferation of vampires.

Shaking her head, “Is there a way to solve the problem yet have mankind left to rule on the planet?” asked Willow, as she smiled she turned to face Ann, the realization struck her. “That is it isn’t it that is why you are here isn’t it?” asked Willow. Ann put an arm about Willow’s shoulders, “Together we need to find a few who can work together

for you and I to plan and work together to make the plans that ultimately will save the planet to save mankind and yes, even to save the demon kind. That is how the world survived, so that should be how the world will survive,” said Ann Eb. Willow shook her head, “There are a few who I would to enable that to be true,

right now I do hope that you and I are on the list,” said Willow. Willow grinned, she wanted to be included in Ann’s list. “I won’t state these in any order though the first I want you to agree with is Darla. She and I became friends when she was present during the time that I grew up. I feel she will have much to offer the saving of the human way,” said Ann Eb.

Ann Eb asked Willow to suggest one who she thought would help the promotion and the continued existence of the world. “Please do not name your friends but name those who you believe will contribute in a way that will benefit the world of tomorrow. Willow was stunned as Darla took form in front of her. “She was abused by the men of her town that is what killed her

she tried to organize the women to not accept the menfolk controlling them and the children to support the menfolk in everything they wanted to do. The menfolk made it known that Darla had threatened the church and in doing so they caused the women to join forces against her. That gave the menfolk free reign to cause Darla to die in a horrible and painful manner,” said Ann Eb.

Willow had always seen Darla as being a vampire, she had never seen her as someone who tried to save other women, someone who would have become known as a suffragette. Willow thought of who she could have admired if she caused her misguided beliefs to end. “I never thought I would hear myself say this but I think Faith should be one with the three of us,” said Willow.

Ann looked in her book that spoke of the people who were of that time, a vampire Slayer who returned to the land of the living from the land of the demon,” said Ann Eb. Willow accepted that about her. “I am glad you said her and not Giles, a vampire slayer who lost her way only to try the chosen way again, that is good, but a Watcher they were all about themselves,” said Ann Eb.


To Be Continued.

 

[ILLYRIAN]

In The Time of the Vampire

part 3

Willow asked Ann Eb what she meant by that. Ann Eb replied that those who created her were happy when a chosen one returned to the way of helping to remove the evil, they were unimpressed when those who chose themselves to be of the watcher status decided to test a Chosen One then decide if the chosen one could be deemed reliable and capable.

Ann Eb stated that in the days at the beginning of Buffy’s reign her Watcher, Merrick was one who was given supernatural powers, a being who watched many Vampire Slayers over many of a human’s lifetimes yet when he died a human watcher chosen by humans watched over her. He claimed to be her second watcher but he was her first normal human, not a supernatural.

The human watchers, as ruled by the watchers council wanted the vampire slayers to view them as more powerful than they were, they even made up those tests to promote the watchers councils members worth. The Vampire Slayer was tricked into being a subservient by them then due to the unworthy watcher’s plans going awry vast numbers of vampire slayers were created.

Once the prodigal slayer had returned and proved her worth, supporting the value of all vampire slayers. Giles saw himself as false, as having been tricked into believing he was better than them he was able to promote himself as a friend and have them value his friendship. He suggested they move to a new area where they could rebuild their worth against those who were wrong.

Those of magical intent were to control areas where the arts of divination could be practiced, to read the Tarot Cards with increased certainty, seeing the palms and healing, those who were brought forward to join them were taught how to give themselves psychic power. Several vampire slayers were taught how to teach others of her kind.

Faith, Darla and Ann Eb became joined by Willow to give the chosen powerful knowledge of how to move all forms of inanimate objects at will, to cause items to give people the ability to cause them to defeat the natural power of gravity. The four women sat on false chairs to stare at each other to ponder what needed to be done.

Knowing what to do Darla presented herself to Faith who though she admitted to knowing of how to end a vampire was thoughtful when questioning Darla’s persona. Darla stated that a human only need be killed once to be a vampire but should the vampire be killed twice it would become a vampiric zombie though not a human zombie.

It is when that form of Vampiric zombie is killed three times it can return to the earth as a werewolf. Faith and Buffy surprised themselves as they both advanced to the realization that Darla was zombie having been killed twice by Angel. Both Buffy and Faith had found great problems with having to kill vampires, knowing they’d be zombies removed any problem.

They began to understand why a vampire never felt fear of dying, of knowing they were on their way to being a werewolf had prevented them that fear of the unknown. “My fear of dying when I was a vampire never was for I knew I would return though it never occurred to me that I would return as a zombie,” said Darla.

Giles and Willow talked long and hard about why the process would create a lineage and why if it that was so, could the procedure be repeated a second or third time. And if so how would humankind react to that knowledge. Willow spoke to Ann Eb about what they thought. Ann Eb agreed, that now an answer was known, that now they needed to tell themselves what was.



THE END