The Forgotten Lovers

The Forgotten Lovers
By
Spike’s Girl 613

I’m standing in my cousin’s spare room trying to finish getting ready for tonight as my best friend walked in and out of the room. See my cousin is Buffy Summers the Slayer. If you’re wondering what a Slayer is, then man you have to listen to your history teacher when they talk about medieval history a little closer. Well a Slayer is a girl with a lot of power. She is the only one that fights against the darkness and the things that live in that world. If you’re wondering what she may have to fight, well I’m amazed you’re actually listening. She fights vampires, demons, zombies, ghosts and she said she went up against a really big demon thing that came out of a hole in her high school library once. Not sure if I believe her on that one through.
Anyway back to me standing in my cousin’s spare room getting ready for a trip to the local club called the Bronze. See my friends Ashley and Yelsin came with me to visit my older cousin during our very long spring break. From the semi average high school life in Illinois…we live in the most boringest town in the world…I mean Chicago has a better night life then I do and I mean the city not the band because they’re like really old and who would want to hang with them.
Well earlier that day we settled in…and I told her that I was a potentional Slayer. Buffy: Why didn’t you tell me? I looked up from placing clothes in my dresser. Danielle: Because I knew you would freak if you found out that your ultra cool younger cousin was going to be a person that spent her every waking day hunting things that go bump in the night. I closed my suitcase and looked at her as she sat on the bed just looking at her hands as if I wasn’t really there. Danielle: So I kept it quite and when my Watcher told me that you were called I wanted to pack up and see you. Buffy: Why didn’t you? That’s when the door opened and in walked Ashley. Ashley: What’s going on?
She sat down on my bed beside Buffy and looked at me. Danielle: Would you have listened to me? I mean if I walked into your bedroom and told you that you were going to spend the rest of your life hunting things that we were told were nothing but stories, would you believe me? Buffy: I guess I wouldn’t but why didn’t you tell me sooner I mean it would have been great to have someone to talk to about these things. It would have saved me a lot of trouble. Ashley: I had to pull it out of her…but then again I was living with her cause a vampire killed my family and I had no where else to go. I sent Ashley a glare as I walked over to the closet with some clothes.
I stopped what I was doing and looked at the both of them before closing the closet door before sitting down beside them. Danielle: Well you have someone to talk to now. Besides you still have Giles, Xander and Willow to talk too as well as Ashley and Yelsin if you really want to and I promised they will be there for you when you need them. They love you Buffy. I wrapped an arm around her and held her to me. Danielle: I will never leave you. She turned into me and started to cry as Ashley wrapped her arms around the both of us. Buffy: Everything is so wrong. I don’t know what to do. Danielle: Tell me everything. Ashley: We got some time before Yelsin is done talking with your mom about Art. Buffy laughed as she whipped away some tears.
We spent the better part of an hour talking and the only thing I could tell her that the only was she could keep her mom safe was to tell her what was going on in her life. So between the both of us and my handy not wanted handbook on slaying as Ashley made some hot chocolate, Aunt Joyce found out what a Slayer was and who her daughter was. They seem to be doing a lot better now seeing she knows what my mom knows…that might be a problem they might start finding ways to keep us from doing what we should be doing…. Anyway Aunt Joyce still worries but about different things such as having her daughter and her niece dieing because of some undead creature getting the better of them.
Well that leads me to the next thing I found out during my visit to good old Sunnydale. See my cousin got herself involed with a vampire but not any vampire a vampire named Angel who lost his soul because they slept together, man what a downer. I mean the guy I almost did it with was an ass before so I called it off before we got that far in the relationship. Well on the third night we were there we helped her to work through it with a lot of ice cream and girl talk. Of course we made the guys being Yelsin, Xander, and Oz, go out and get all the stuff we would needed to make the transition easier. So the girls Cordelia, Willow, Ashley and me talked about our past relationships until we were sure that she would be alright and if that did not work. Well then one of us would go out with her to patrol every night to make sure that she had back up if Angel ever shows up unexpectedly.
A few nights later we went to a Scooby meeting at the high school and met Rupert Giles, Buffy’s Watcher. Well he and I were talking and I happened to mention that I talked with Aunt Joyce about Buffy being the Slayer and myself being a potential slayer. He didn’t like that to much, I actually think he said newfangled during his rant. Well Buffy heard what we were talking about and they started to yell while the rest of us watched in shock as Buffy yelled at Giles like she was his mom. Buffy: Leave my cousin alone Giles! She did what she thought was right and it just so happens that mom and I are much closer. I trust her with my life and without her help I would still be moopy Buffy. I stood there until Xander covered my ears forcing me to not hear the rest of their conversation….Well after their rather heated argument we got back to what we where looking for…a fungus demon, gross much huh?!?
For the next week I sat in the library forced into research duty until Giles was no longer upset with my stupid mistake well in his words not mine, I still think what I did was right. Danielle: You know not many people can stand this much reading. Giles raised an eyebrow at me as he added another book to the pile. Giles: Well Angel has not made himself known for a few days and I think we should take the time to read up on him. Danielle: You mean I should take the time and read up on him. He smiled and moved toward the stakes. Giles: You know me so well. Danielle: Fine I’ll read but you owe me big time mister. He just shook his head and walked away. Danielle: I still think I did the smart thing and Buffy no longer has to hide what she’s doing from Aunt Joyce. I picked up a book and started to read through it as Giles raised his eyebrow at me. After a few days he understood why I did what I did and was very happy that I got his Slayer back for him. Well that leads us to what I am doing right now.
Ashley knocked and walked into the room as I fixed my blonde hair. See the only way to tell my cousin and me apart is by the fact that I have golden blonde hair with green eyes. Where she is a typical southern California girl with light blonde hair and green eyes with a body any girl would die for myself included. Ashley: You ready? I looked at her in the mirror and smiled as I turned around to show her my new pair of knee high black boots that I wore with a black leather mini and a red halter top. I even allowed Buffy to do my hair so it was straight and curled under a little. When she was done I did my make up naturally and hey I looked damn hot. Danielle: Yeah.
I looked at my best friend since we were ten and raised an eyebrow at her choice of clothes. She wore a tight black skirt that Buffy and I convinced her to wear after several threats with the skirt she wore boots similar to mine but a green halter instead. I remember people thought we were sisters when we were younger because we looked so much alike. She had dark almost black hair with blue eyes instead of my golden locks and green eyes, where do people think we look alike. Danielle: Let’s go partner in crime. I took her arm and led her from the room to find our third best friend Yelsin.
Yelsin was in the living room talking to Buffy when we finally walked downstairs. Well the way I would describe Yelsin would be the darkest of the three of us only because hello he hails from Spain and he like lives in the sun. I mean I’m pretty tan, so is Ashley but he is like so tan it’s like male model tan a couple times I wanted to hurt him cause of his tanness and damn him for being an athletic. Well there he stood in a pair of blue jeans with a black button up shirt and black Docs. I could just kill him for being him.
Did I mention he has brown hair and the brownness eyes in the world? I swear whenever we go out every girl in the place will come up to him at least once cause they fall for his chocolate brown eyes, happy to say that Ashley and I are immune to it and whenever it happens we giggle and laugh as he tries his hardest to tell them no. I should video tape the next time it happens that way when he tries to disagree with me went I want to go shopping I can have something to blackmail him with…that might work…Anyway.
Yelsin: Are you two ready to go? Cause we still have to pick up Willow before going over to the Bronze. We stepped down the last step and walked into the living room. Danielle: Just because you’re the brains of this little group does not mean you can go around and talk to us like that. I placed my hands on my hips and looked at him. Danielle: We have our parts to play just like you do. Yelsin: Yeah like what being bait for ever vampire in Sunnydale in those outfits.
I looked at my outfit and at Ashley’s confused. Danielle: What’s wrong with our outfits? I crossed my arms over my chest and looked at him. Ashley: Yelsin stop being the big brother and be our Yelsin shape friend. Besides like you said we should be going to get Willow. We walked over to the door and grabbed our coats. Buffy: What parts do you two play? I pulled on my black leather coat and smiled at her. Danielle: Braun. Ashley: Complete bitch. But we also have various parts that we show when we want to. Ashley and Buffy pulled on their coats as Yelsin took his as he opened the front door. Yelsin: Yeah. Danielle can string together complete thoughts once in awhile. I took Yelsin’s and Ashley’s arms as Buffy closed the door behind us and locked it before we walked down the street toward Willow’s house and then to the Bronze. Yelsin: Hey watch the jacket I just bought it. Ashley: Yelsin shut up. Ignoring my two friends I looked at Buffy as she walked beside me. Danielle: So what is this place like?
We sat at a table at the Bronze talking to Xander, Willow, Cordelia, and Buffy about ten minutes later. Danielle: So I was like Kyle are you serious I can so take on three vamps wearing nothing but a mini skirt and a bathing suit top. Xander: So what happened next? He moved toward me as I took a sip of my drink as Ashley told the rest of the story. Ashley: Kyle tried to tell her no and as Yelsin and I distracted him she ran outside and whipped their ass. I sat my drink down and looked at them. Danielle: Kyle found out what I did and noticed I was no longer wearing my bathing suit top cause one of the vamps cut me right where it tied in back so I was walking around the house in a piece of cloth I found in the alley way. I smiled at the others as I glanced around the table.
Buffy: Gotta love my cousin and her storytelling abilities. I smiled and took another drink as Xander looked at me in awe. Danielle: I mean you have got to have some killer stories to tell cousin living on the Hellmouth and all. Buffy: There was the time I was transformed into a rat and when I transformed back I was naked. Yelsin: We have a winner. Please tell us…Ashley hit him. Yelsin: Or not. Danielle: Excuse him Buffy…he only thinks with his second head. She took a sip of her drink and looked at Xander who was still looking at me as if I declared myself queen of the world. Buffy: He’s not the only one that thinks with his second head. Xander: Hey I’ll have you now that I do not think of sex all the time…We all looked at him. Xander: Right…I’ll shut up.
I smiled at him as I sensed something odd. I looked around and noticed a tall dark, handsome, guy watching us. All I could tell through the lights was that he was about 6’1" with brown hair and muscular to boot. To his right stood his complete opposite, a 5’9", blonde hair and sculpted man and to the blondes right stood a women about 5’7", dark hair and pale. I’m sure Ashley and I could give her a run for her money in a few years but compared to her we’re just cute. I spent so much time watching them walk through the crowd that I didn’t hear Yelsin ask me if I was all right.
Yelsin: Danni, are you…. He looked over at where I was looking and noticed them just as Ashley turned around. As soon as they looked over at them I noticed the leader’s eyes and melted right away. I would know those eyes from anywhere…he had found me at last. Three of the most feared members of the Scourge of Europe were watching us. Danielle: They found us. I looked at Ashley and Yelsin as they looked them over. Danielle: We so need to leave like now. Xander: Hey Danielle what do think of dancing with me. Cordelia: I wouldn’t do that if I were you he dances like a monkey. I looked at Xander and giggled to myself before he went into his imitations.
Angelus, Spike and Drusilla walked into the Bronze looking for the Slayer and her merry band when they sensed something none of them had sensed since they were human. Angelus looked up and locked eyes with a stunning blonde sitting next to the Slayer of all people. She wore a black leather skirt with black boots and a red top but her eyes are what drew him to her. She appeared as young as the Slayer and even looked like her but her eyes held her true age. I watched her with a smirk as she glanced over my body before that boy beside her took her complete attention from me. I smiled to myself as I thought about what I could do to the poor girl.
Spike: Angelus, what is it? He looked at Spike as he broke his contraction as he went over what he wanted to do to her. Angelus: It can’t be her I thought she died. He watched as Xander told the blond something causing her to laugh as Drusilla touched his arm. Drusilla: What’s wrong Daddy? He looked at her with a small smile. Angelus: Nothing, I thought I saw something. Let’s look around before we cause trouble for the Slayer. They followed him into the crowed aware that three people where watching their every move.
As they walked through the crowed Angelus heard the blond talk to the Slayer’s Boy. Danielle: Xander please stop… (giggle)…if you don’t stop I may have to hurt you and then Cordelia would be upset with…Cordelia: Hurt him all you want. With that Xander stopped his Giles imation. With that the realization of who the girl really was suddenly come over him…the laugh was just like hers. Angelus: She’s here my boy. Spike: Who’s here? He looked around and noticed the Slayer talking to another blonde. Spike: I don’t see why you haven’t killed her yet? Angelus looked back and growled at him. Angelus: Not the Slayer, you idiot. The first women I ever loved…Elizabeth. He looked over to where Angelus was looking and found the one woman he never thought he would see again…Cecily.
Drusilla glanced at her boys and sensed another person looking at her. She turned and found her long lost prince staring back at her. Drusilla: Michael? She looked at Angelus in hope. Drusilla: Daddy how can they be here, I thought they were dead. Angelus: I don’t understand princess but we’re going to find out. He looked at them both. Angelus: Let’s get something to eat before we follow them. With a nod they followed him out of the club into the night waiting for us to come to them.
Buffy: So are you guys going to come with us? I looked back at me cousin to see that they were standing ready to leave. Danielle: What? Coming where? Xander: Patrol so you can wow us with more of your stories. Willow hit him as I smiled a bit and even blushed. Buffy: I thought you wanted to watch me patrol. I sat there and before I could talk Yelsin took care of it. Yelsin: In a few Buffy we just want to have a little more fun that’s all. Danielle: More fun…can’t get enough of that thing called fun. She seemed to agree. Buffy: See you guys at Will’s for movies later? Ashley: Yep. Give us a few and we’ll get moving. They said goodbye and left.
Once they were far enough away I looked at my friends and noticed that they looked like I felt defeated, surprised and unsure on what we should do. Danielle: You guys felt it too. With a nod they went back to watching the place where they last stood. Ashley: I think that was my William from so long ago? She looked away from us and fumbled with her cup. Ashley: He’s changed a bit from the last time I saw him. She looked at me with little hope in her eyes. Ashley: Do you think he would still want me? I took her hand and gave it a squeeze. Danielle: I don’t see why he wouldn’t. She smiled and looked at Yelsin.
Yelsin: I was going to make her a princess. He looked at his left hand and found a simple silver ring resting on his ring finger. With a simple rub of the old ring we could tell he was thinking of things that never could come to past due to unfortunate events. Yelsin: We were going to be married…she went to the convent to confess her sins when she was taken from me. I looked up and tried to wipe away the tears that had fallen from my eyes as Yelsine glanced at me.
Danielle: Liam came by to speak about the wedding when his friend Steven came by to take him out to celebrate when that bitch Darla took him from me. I looked at my friends in turn and sighed as I saw defeat all over their faces. Danielle: We should get out of town. I moved to stand when I felt someone’s hand on my arm. Yelsin: Danielle? I looked at him as tears ran down my face. Danielle: Don’t you get it…he will kill me in another horrible unspeakable way. The last time we meet I wanted to die even before he started. They looked at me with sympathy. Ashley: Maybe your wrong…he could not have noticed you. I gave her a look. Ashley: Or I could be wrong.
Yelsin: Well we could always tell someone? Ashley and I looked at him. Yelsin: Don’t bite off my head. I looked at my cup. Danielle: I hate that I have to hide a part of myself from Buffy. Ashley hugged me as she gave me her It’s- gonna-be-alright smile. Ashley: Maybe Yelsin’s right we could tell them something. I looked at her. Ashley: I mean we could tell her part of the truth that way when she hears the whole truth she won’t hate you so much. Danielle: Yeah great idea we can tell my cousin the Slayer that I have been in love with the one man that she gave herself to for about 240 plus years. Great plan. Then she can throw me into the loony bin and you guys can visit me every other Saturday. We tell her nothing…I mean what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her right? I looked at them and hoped I was right but with look from Yelsin I knew I was wrong.
Yelsin: Maybe we should talk with the Watcher about this? I looked back at where they stood only a few moments ago and took a deep breath as I looked back at my friends. Danielle: I’ll tell him…but we better talk to him before telling the others. We should be leaving in the morning that way they can’t track us. With a nod we stood and left the club to speak with Rupert Giles.
We were about half way to Giles’s place when I heard someone following us. Danielle: Did you guys hear that? Yelsin: Hear what? I looked behind us and saw nothing but the black street. Danielle: I could have sworn that I heard footsteps. Ashley: Danielle maybe you need to relax. I nodded and walked with them for a few more feet until I heard it again. Spike: Cecily!Danielle: Okay this time I know I heard something. Yelsin stopped and listened but all he could hear was the leaves moving in the trees when he thought he heard something calling out to us. Angelus: Elizabeth! I raised an eyebrow at Yelsin as if to challenge him. Yelsin: It could have been the wind…Drusilla: Michael! I smirked at him. Yelsin: I think we should be running. Without another word we took off and ran straight to the Watchers home. Danielle: I told you I heard something. Ashley: Danielle shut up and just run.
We ran down the stairs leading to Giles’s door and I started pounding on the door to his home hoping it would wake him up. Danielle: Giles, please open up. Yelsin: He has to have a key here somewhere but where would he put it. He picked up several pots to look under them and put them down to look under another. When he didn’t find anything he felt around the ledge hoping to find it there. Yelsin: I thought all Englishmen where trust worthy. Ashley: Only the ones from 1800 to 1910. Then there was the whole Jack the Ripper thing. Ashley and I stood at the door knocking hoping it might wake him if he was asleep. Danielle: You know that key would be awful useful right know Yelsin. Angelus: Too bad I thought we could play. I turned and came face to face with Angelus and his children. Danielle: God help us. Spike: He can’t help you now pet.
The others turned around and froze at the sight of the ones their loved ones standing in front of them like the last time we saw them alive. Danielle: What do you want with us? Angelus stepped forward and moved a piece of fallen hair behind my ear. Angelus: Who are you? Danielle: I…don’t know what you mean? He smiled to himself and moved closer to me. Angelus: I want to know why you look like my Elizabeth. I stood there paralyzed until Ashley and Yelsin took my hands in their’s. Yelsin: We’re friends of the Slayer. Spike: Really now? I looked him over and smiled. The last time I had seen William was in the twenties in Chicago apparently age doesn’t help everyone. Danielle: Well personally I’m her cousin and I really don’t think she’ll be all too happy with me dying on her Watcher’s front porch. So you’ll be leaving now. Or there be hell to pay, got it blondie?
I turned to try the door again but was spun around to face Drusilla. Drusilla: I think you’re not telling us something pretty girl. Ashley pulled me away from her. Ashley: No I think we told you everything. Unless you want to die then I guess we can arrange that. I watched her take a stake out of her jacket pocket. Danielle: Well we’ll be seeing you then. Before I could stop him Spike threw Ashley over his shoulder causing her to drop her stake. I watched as she started to hit him as he carried her away. Ashley: Put me down you evil undead piece of fucking meat. Spike: Aw love…I didn’t know you cared. He smiled to himself and waited as he gently ran his fingers up and down her legs feeling her tense under his touch.
Yelsin let go of me and moved to fight Angelus but was knocked unconscious by Drusilla. I watched him hit the ground. Danielle: Yelsin? As I bent down to check on him Dru smiled at me as she bent down to pick him up. As she stood up she smirked at me before walking over to where Spike was waiting. I looked up to see Angelus moving closer to me forcing me up against the door.
Danielle: What do you want with me Liam? He stopped and looked at me. Angelus: What did you call me? I looked up at him with tears in my eyes. Danielle: Please don’t hurt me Liam…I…just wanted to be with you. He held his hand out to me. I looked up at him and took it. He wrapped his finger around my smaller hand and helped me to my feet as he brought me closer to him. Danielle: Liam? I reached up to touch his face. He leaned down as if he was about to kiss me. Angelus: Never call me that again. He picked me up and threw me over his shoulder. I watched the house we tried to find sanctuary in slip away. Danielle: What have I done? Unaware to us the door opened and revealed Giles standing in the door way watching us being taken away by three dark shadows that looked a lot like Angelus, Spike and Drusilla. He ran back inside, grabbed something and followed us until we were out of sight.