The Cemetary Jewel

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This is my first attempt at trying any kind of writing. I am basing all of this on what I have seen and heard from the series up until the opening of season four...This takes place between any two episodes of the first three seasons and is just for some fun

Scene: A room during the night
The shadow of a figure is seen quickly opening up various doors and drawers. Obviously this being is searching for something, but the identity of the being and the item in question will not be known for some time. We see this search go on for close to a minute before the being finally slams the last door closed with a frustrated grunt.

Scene: Sunnydale High School library...the following day
The off-duty Scooby gang is busy sorting through the collection of books brought to Giles from an old friend from England.
"Is there anything here of any concern to me?" shouts out Xander as he sifts through his box of books.
Buffy smiles from across the table, "Not unless there's a demon called Miss December...am I right?"
Xander's pale face and lack of remark makes Buffy feel like she's right and she leans back in her chair, "Chalk one up for me"
Willow begins to chime in, "Not unless Miss December is...Cordelia!"
Almost on cue, Cordy struts through the doors of the book palace, "Uh, where could I find somebody that really knows books? I have a paper due on some General"
Willow stands at attention, "Which Genral?"
Cordy shrugs her shoulders, "How should I know? But I know his name got me hungry"
From the corner of the table, Xander raises his hand, "General Electric? General Motors...?"
The rest of the crew look at him...
"What?", he says, "electric stoves...drive-through restaurants...it works out somehow"
Giles makes his way through the doors a few seconds later with a bowl of something from the lunch room, "Mmmm", he says, "I must say this is very tasty custard"
Cordy's eyes lit up, "That's it!" she yells, "General Custard"
Giles stops in front of her, "Just because I think it's good, there's no need to give me a name like that"
Willow steps in before it gets out of hand, "I think you mean Genral Custer. Wait here and I'll grab a book for you"

Scene: A fancy office during the daytime
Two beings discuss the failed attempt of the previous night's work.
Being 1: "Soooo...you didn't find it"
Being 2: "No"
Being 1: "you understand we must find it within two days"
Being 2: "Yes"
Being 1: "You're not much for long sentences are you?"
Being 2 begins to speak but refrains from saying anything...
Being 1: "We're fine if we have it or if anyone else gets it...but we do not want the Slayer or any of her friends to get it. Is that clear"
Being 2 nods his head in agreement

[Opening credits]

Scene: A local graveyard later that night
Buffy and Willow walk through on their--okay, Buffy's--nightly patrol. The two see a mysterious shadow figure run in front of them and Buffy takes off after it with her slayer speed.
Willow is left standing behind, "She could so do well in track..." and then begins to run after Buffy with her non-Slayer Rosenberg speed having to make due.
As Willow rounds a corner she literally runs into Buffy walking back to where they were before the track meet began...
"Sorry Will", Buffy says, "It was just Angel"
Willow pauses for a moment to catch her breath, "Oh. That's nice. I won't need this stick"
The two girls slowly walk around the cemetary for what seems like forever until Willow stops in her tracks
"I'm dying to know. What cryptic thing did Angel say this time?"
Buffy acts as if nothing happened, "Let's see. He gave me this ring and said I'll need it to make the right choice in a few days"
Willow was shocked, "A ring?!"
Buffy pulls it out of her jacket pocket and shows it to Willow, "It's not a wedding ring, Will. It's an old dirty ring from some dead guy's grave. Romantic huh?"
Willow's nose curled up a bit, "Well for him it is..."
Buffy discounted that remark and just went through her patrol with no more encounters from anybody else--living, dead, or undead.

Scene: The next day at the school library
Giles alone goes through all the books at his disposal and can find nothing that matches any account of the mytsery ring from last night.
"Why does everything have to be so bloody difficult" he says to himself under his breath, "There can never be a big picture of a ring, can there?"
He gives up and heads into his office for a break
 
I really liked it, It shows you do know the character, and since you said on another thread that you were new to Buffy and Angel that is very cool. The one thing I would say is instead of having :
Scene: "Wherever"
You should just cut to describing the next area, or start with a character walking in to that area like (Just so you get me):

"Giles was sitting at the table, in the Library looking through a mountain of books for any information on this ring. The morning sun shining threw the windows behind him..."

Because you can write fine but the 'scene:' thing make's it kinda "stop starty"

Oh and I loved Giles nickname joke I burst out laughing, it was very Giles!
 
Since I'm not sure how to add on to these stories without being able to edit the original post, I'm continuing it here by hooking on from the previous scene...

Giles alone goes through all the books at his disposal and can find nothing that matches any account of the mytsery ring from last night.
"Why does everything have to be so bloody difficult" he says to himself under his breath, "There can never be a big picture of a ring, can there?"
He gives up and heads into his office for a break

It is a few hours later and Giles is suddenly brought out of his slumber by the sound of a voice.
"Giles...Giles. Are you awake?"
It's the lovely tone of Willow and she soon feels bad about what she did, " Oh no! Did I stop a dream? I feel bad about that"
Giles grins a bit, "It's quite alright, Willow. No problems. What have we learned?"
Willow looks stunned, "We? I didn't know there was a 'we' in this. I thought it was mostly you. Now I feel bad about that. Maybe I should see a shrink. Do you think I need to see a..."
Giles stops her, "Stop!"
Silence fills the air for several seconds as each member of the the brain brigade collects their thoughts...
"Are you good" says Giles
Willow nods, "How about you?"
"Peachy" replies Giles, "Now can we begin to find out about this ring?"
Willow smiles at the chance to do some research, "Sure thing, General Custard"
Giles sighs as he puts his hands over his face, "I'm never going to live that down, am I?"
Willow giggled, "Nope"

Later that night outside of Buffy's window, Angel makes an appearance. Buffy tries to get him to explain the purpose of the ring, but he does not give in to her requests
"I can't tell you what the ring is for", says Angel, "mostly because I don't know what it's for"
Buffy is a bit confused, "But you knew to take it and where to find it. Ya see where we have a problem, here"
Angel admits it seems strange, but he tells her that in the end, it will make sense.
Buffy plants a small kiss on Angel's forehead, "I love it when you get cryptic on me. I'll see you tomorrow night, huh?"
Angel agrees, "Sure. My crypt or yours?"
Buffy rolls her eyes in a 'I can't believe he just said that' kind of fashion and shuts the window on her undead honey.
Time for sleep--for Buffy. Angel goes to an all-night donut shop...just to talk to truckers from out of town.

The next day, Willow comes through the doors of the library with a big grin on her face, "Giles I got it", she says in an excited tone, "I know what the ring is for"
She scans around the room looking for Giles, but does not find anybody. Just as she is about to leave, she hears a sound coming from the upper floor
As Willow goes over to the area, she sees Cordelia with a large gash on her face.
Willow goes up to Cordy, but the brash beauty queen quickly backs away, "Stay away from me" says Cordy in a frightened tone, "I don't know why I dealt with you people"
 
ohhh I love the ending! Can't wait to find out more!

It was much easier to read now, The story flows better 🙂
 
Continued just as before...

The next day, Willow comes through the doors of the library with a big grin on her face, "Giles I got it", she says in an excited tone, "I know what the ring is for"
She scans around the room looking for Giles, but does not find anybody. Just as she is about to leave, she hears a sound coming from the upper floor
As Willow goes over to the area, she sees Cordelia with a large gash on her face
Willow goes up to Cordy, but the brash beauty queen quickly backs away, "Stay away from me" says Cordy in a frightened tone, "I don't know why I dealt with you people"

About the same time in another part of the school, Buffy meets up with Giles by sneaking up from behind and slapping him on the back
"So what's the deal, watcher-person?", says a perky Buffy
Giles turns around, "The deal does not exist. I mean really! two dollars for a cup of tea? I can't even haggle"
Buffy stands in a state of confusion, "Maybe it's because you're too old"
Giles looks at Buffy, "What?"
The Slayer and her watcher head back to the library and Buffy explains her comment to Giles...
"...I just meant you probably could...haggle...when you were younger. And I'm not so sure you would want to blab that around to everybody else. It sounds kind of 'ewwww' ya know what I'm saying?"
Giles stops in the hall outside of the library and tries to grasp his slayer's logic and reasoning with her remark, "...Oh, forget it" he says as he starts to open the doors but instead is smacked in the face by Willow as she charges out of the room.
With a worried look, Willow sees Buffy, "Oh great, you're here. Where's Giles?"
Buffy points behind Willow, "On the other side of the door"
The sudden opening of the door not only smacked Giles in the face, but also spilled his tea on his shirt, "Hmmm. Two dollars wasted" says the watcher, "I wish I haggled"
Buffy gave a disgusted and embarassed look, "Okay remember the 'ewwww' factor, boss"
Giles pauses for a moment, then looks Buffy's way, "Did you kill any vampires last night?"
Buffy holds up one finger with an ashamed look, "Just One. It's all I saw. You going to fire me?"

Willow steps in between the slayer and watcher and shouts out, "Guys! We need to help Cordelia"
They all rush into the room, but Cordy is no longer there
"She was right here a minute ago", says Willow, "She had a deep cut on her face and was not looking too great"
A quick scan around the room turns up no signs of Cordy, but did result in her necklace.
At this point, Xander comes in and joins in the action, "So what are we doing?" he says as he feels out of place, "Can I join the game?"
Giles tells Xander they are looking for Cordy and Xander is shocked beyond belief...
"You're looking for Cordelia in a library?" says Xander, "Are you insane? Try the mens locker room, the ladies room, an upscale clothing shop...but not a library"
Giles cuts off Xander from any more absurd remarks and tells him to look for clues or leave the room
Xander is taken aback by the boldness of Giles, "So what are we looking for if she's not here?"
"Anything" says Giles.

Giles, Willow, Xander, and Buffy split up and search different aspects of the library and to some extent, the rest of the school. But at no point do any of them come across any sign of Cordy.
They meet at the library shortly before school closing only to find Cordelia standing at the front desk, "So there you are, Giles. Where have you been? I need my Custard book"
Willow speaks up, "Oh, mercy woman! It's Custer...Custer...without a 'D' at the end!"

Buffy slowly moves around Cordy looking for this alleged large gash on her face, "Okay Willow. Where is the cut?"
Willow calms down from her Custer rant long enough to notice that there is indeed no gash on Cordy at this time. In fact, it appears there never was one by her skin's appeanace.
"What are you doing?", says Cordy as Buffy circles her.
Trying to cover up any freakish activity due to apparent normalcy, the slayer pulls off another quick quip, "...your skin is so clear and flawless. I am impressed"
Cordy grabs her just acquired book and leaves the room. She is heard to say, "You people are so weird" as the doors close.
Xander nods his head, "Yeah. That's my Cordelia. I mean our Cordelia. She called us weird. It's just like old times"

It looks as if the problem was solved with little effort. However, as the four scooby members leave the room, a soft but barely audible cry could be heard from the back room. Even though nobody was there, we can see that it is Cordelia--complete with large cut on her face.

[Commercial break. Time to get a burger...]
 
continued as before...

It looks as if the problem was solved with little effort. However, as the four scooby members leave the room, a soft but barely audible cry could be heard from the back room. Even though nobody was there, we can see that it is Cordelia--complete with large cut on her face.

[Commercial break. Time to get a burger...]

Later that night, Buffy finds herself on patrol with Angel by her side
"So", says the slayer, "You gonna tell me what the ring is for?"
Angel shakes his head, "I'm sorry. I can't tell you. I really can't tell you...I have no idea"
From behind they hear a voice, "I can tell you what it's about"
It is one of the two beings we met earlier. Although his voice is ominous, his appearance is rather geeky--geeky for a demon of course.
Before Buffy can ask the demon his name, Angel notices the identity right away, "So it's you. You're after the ring?"
The being steps forward a bit closer in a slow manner, "Well, not me. It's for my boss"
Angel agrees with that comment,"Yeah. Somebody like you wouldn't know what to do with the ring"
Buffy look up at her undead man, "What? and you do? I thought you said you didn't know..."
The being butts in, "Hey, can we stop the lovers spat before it goes too far? Where's the ring?"
Buffy speaks up in a bolder tone, "I don't have it on me now"
The being slowly walks backwards, "The sooner I get the ring, the sooner you get your girl back. Tasty little number she is too"
Buffy's face got a bit concerned, "What girl?"
"I don't know her name", says the being as he slowly disappears, "We normally don't read the label before we eat"
Angel smiles at that last remark, "Now that's a good comeback line"
Buffy looks at him in a shut-up kind of glance and Angel responds in a defensive way, "Well, it was"

Shortly after midnight, the slayer and her undead freind arrive back at his place. We pick up the discussion just as they enter the building with Angel talking about the being's identity.
"...so he gave up his official name, and now he is part of a group of demonic henchmen called the sects"
Buffy stops him, "Okay, hold on there, mister. I am not going to ask Giles to help me search for info about sex"
Angel almost cracks a smile, "No, I guess you wouldn't. That's 's-e-c-t-s' not the other one"
Buffy says, "Oh...and sorry for giving you a gross image of Giles and sex in the same sentence--for eternity"

The next day Giles and Willow almost choke on their beverage when Buffy asks them about the info about the sects
"No, Giles", says Buffy, "s-e-c-t-s" and she looks over at Willow, "You are so immature"
Willow defends herself, "Of course I'm immature. I'm 17. I have no scruples, no principles, no purpose, no sense of self...no...slayer powers"
As Xander makes his way into the room, Buffy's eyes open wide, "My god! Don't tell him what we're talking about"
Giles agrees with that comment in a vigorous manner, "Right. Let's all get to work, shall we?"
All the scooby gang members (at least two of them) start to flip through the pages of books except for Willow and Xander
Xander slowly walks over to Willow, "Uhh, what are they looking for now?"
Willow leans back in her chair rather proudly, "They're looking for what I already know"
Giles looks her way after hearing her comment, "You know about the sects?"
Xander is not too shocked by this revelation, "Well, I should hope so. Mr. Davis is a fine biology instructor and teaches us well"
Buffy, Willow and Giles all spell out "S-E-C-T-S" in unison.
Xander sits down..."Oh. Why didn't you say so in the first place? You had me all happy and now I'm not"
Buffy cuts in, "Hey, can we start solving this? Willow, what do you know?"
"Who me?" says Willow, "I know a lot of things. 2 and 2 is 4, George Washington was the first president, Carson City is the capital of Nevada..."
Xander places his hand over her mouth, "I think she knows too much. This can only mean one thing...the mafia is after her"
 
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