Slayers and Guardians (Worlds Colliding Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Book One

chapter 3 - The Witch

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Into every generation, there are Chosen Ones. A Slayer will stand against the vampires, the demon, and the forces of darkness. With each Slayer comes a Guardian. They are protectors of the innocent.

Day One

Morning - Sunnydale High School - Library

Alice and Brady were sitting at the table of the library, smirking in amusement.

Giles was pacing, upset. "This is madness. What can you have been thinking? You are the Slayer and Guardian. Lives depend on you. I make allowances for your youth, but I expect a certain amount of responsibility, and instead of which, you enslave yourselves to this--this..." He stopped pacing. "Cult?"

Alice and Brady exchanged an amused look, looking toward where Brooke and Buffy were standing in cheerleader outfits, yellow and red for the school colors. 

Buffy waved the pom poms in her hands. "You don't like the color?"

Alice chuckled. "I..."

Giles gave them an exasperated look. "Do you, um..." He put some books on a cart. "Do you ignore everything I saw as a--as a rule?"

"No, I believe that's your trick," Brooke told him.

Giles pushed the cart to the counter.

Buffy skipped in front of him, doing a pose. "We told you, Brooke and I are trying out for the cheerleading squad."

"Buffy and Brooke were cheerleaders back in LA," Brady explained. "But once they got their powers, Brooke quit because she was scared that she was accidentally going to use that Guardian energy stuff. And accidentally hurt someone. Now, Buffy talked Brooke into joining this cheerleading squad now that she has more control over her powers."

Giles looked from Buffy and Brooke to Alice. "You all have sacred birthrights, Alice. You were chosen to destroy vampires and protect the innocent, not to... wave pompoms at people, and as the Watcher, I forbid it."

Alice stood. "I'm not the one that is going to be cheerleading. I am so not interested in doing that. But you'll be stopping Brooke and Buffy how? They are as stubborn as Zoey and Carmen. And we haven't been able to keep them from doing something that they want to do."

Giles sat on the edge of the table, crossing his arms. "Well, by appealing to their common sense, if such a creature exists."

Brady shook his head. "It doesn't. I know better than anyone. Since they're my sisters."

"Thanks, Brady," Brooke told him sarcastically. She looked at Giles and Alice. "We will still have time to fight the forces of evil, okay? We just wanna have a life. We wanna do something normal. Something safe."

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Witch's Attic 

The camera moved through the dark space of the witch's attic. There were flowers and herbs hanging upside down from the rafters to dry and personal items with identification tags. The witch, her face not shown yet, moved around in the darkness, walking toward a cauldron. She waved a pendant on a chain over the brew, pulling it back. She went over to a rack, yanking off a doll hanging there by its neck on a wire.