* Twilight *

Title ~ My Life

Author ~ SunnyD

Disclaimer ~ All people BTVS belong to Joss Whedon and the ME team. Oh and the lyric sample is from Vanessa Carlton’s "twilight".

Rating ~ PG~13

Summary ~ Buffy is a vampire in the 19th century and Angelus is her sire. Dru gets jealous and makes her own little playmate in order to win Angelus’s affections. (I am not good at summaries)

A/N ~ Well looks like I am starting a new story. I am hoping this one goes just as well as "This Sweet Child" did! That would make me happy. I have been thinking about this new story. Don’t know if it might work out though. SO…I am going to just post this chapter for the time being until I figure out what’s going to kind of happen in this story. So bear with me, I know it is kind of short. Anyways…this chapter is in Buffy’s POV to let you know!

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~ Vanessa Carlton ~

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1880

I stare out into the cool London night and I can’t help but feel alone for the first time in over 50 years. I don’t know what brought this sort of feeling on but I do know that I feel alone. But why am I to complain? I wanted to have eternal life. When Angelus offered it to me, I couldn’t help but want to take it. My mother had just died and my father was in the company of too many whores to care about me. I was emotionally broken, so to speak. So of course when Angelus came to me, I felt alone and lost. He was offering me company and what I thought was love. And so that night…I became what I am…a vampire.

In my early years of this life, Angelus treated me like a queen or some sort of princess. He bought me beautiful dresses and if he didn’t have enough money, he would take one off of an upper class woman. Of course, there was Darla…she has mixed feelings for me, I suppose. She seems to think I still have part of my soul with me. I guess I could. Sometimes I think I do. She and Angelus are always up for torturing the victims for long hours at a time. Me…I’m quick and try to get the job done quickly. Can’t stand torture that much.

I don’t think I love Angelus…I don’t know if vampires can love. Can they? I am never told. I see some sort of deep connection between Angelus and Darla. I don’t think its love though. It’s just passion and lust.

There is also Druscilla who Angelus sired 30 years after he did me. I am not fond of her at all. Why you may ask? She is always the jealous one. Whenever Angelus is around me she goes out of her way to get his attention away from me and towards her. And it works of course. She’s a loon that one. Always talking of the stars and fairies and how they whisper to her. I can’t stand it and neither can Darla. Tonight she went on and on about how the stars were sending her a new playmate. I don’t believe anything she says half of the time.

They have all gone out hunting tonight. I am not in the mood to hunt. I have no reason why. They shall be back in a while I guess. Angelus will be drunk out of his mind as usual and will begin hoard me with intoxicated affection that always makes me squirm. Darla and Dru will be to tired and full of blood to do or say anything and only want to lay down and sleep the day away.

Sadly ladies and gentleman this is my life…hopefully nothing else will happen.

To be continued…

Part 2:

* Twilight *

Title ~ Tonight

Author ~ SunnyD

Rating ~ PG~13

Disclaimer ~ All things BTVS belong to Joss Whedon and the ME team! While the song extract belongs to Vanessa Carlton.

Summary ~ Basically Buffy learns about what had happened while the others were out hunting. I bet you guys already know though. So yeah…

A/N ~ Well…glad to see some people already interested in my story. Makes me happy. Okay…just to let you know that eventually in this story there will be some time hoping I guess you could call it. I dunno. Anyways…I am still trying to get this thing sorted out so I am sorry if it seems a little weird? On with the chapter

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~ Vanessa Carlton ~

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The young blonde vampire continued to stare out the window mindlessly as she waited for her other companions to arrive back at their mansion. It was a cold February night and even though her body temperature was already cold from being dead, tonight it seemed as though she was colder and the warm fire across the room wasn’t really having much affect on her.

Buffy had this creeping feeling inside her that was gnawing away at her. It’s nothing, she thought to herself, as she stared out into the frosty night, it is probably only my stomach.

It was then that two lazy arms wrapped around her waist, slight startling Buffy. She should’ve known he was there. She wasn’t focusing though, her mind was centered on the feeling her body that made her feel ill.

"You’re back." She stated simply, not turning to look at her sire, just continuing to stare out the slightly frosted window that looked out on to the cobblestone streets of London.

"And you missed all the fun and bloodshed tonight." He chuckled deeply into her ear, letting his icy breath roll down her neck. Buffy shuddered at the stench of his breath; as usual it smelled of ale and several other types of wine.

He always wanted her when he was drunk. With Darla it was always after they had fed, Buffy could always see the passion in their eyes after a good feeding. With Dru it was more like affection you would show for a small child. Dru worshipped the ground he walked on.

"I wasn’t in the mood." Buffy told him as she shrugged away from his grasp and made her way towards the fireplace.

Angelus furrowed his eyebrows at his childe and sauntered over towards her. "What is wrong with you?"

"I don’t feel like it tonight." She whispered; her eyes glued towards the blazing fire, ashamed to find that the flames did not warm her face. "I don’t like it when you’re this way."

Angelus growled with frustration at her. "You know…sometimes I wonder why I ever made you! Because it seems to me that somewhere in that body of yours that you still harbor a soul!"

Buffy’s eyes flashed with anger when she finally turned to look at her sire. "I cannot believe that you-"

"Now, now dear sister. Don’t fight with Daddy." Dru purred from the doorway, interrupting the couple, a gleeful smile on her face. "He’s all lonely tonight. Grandmother wouldn’t touch him."

Buffy only shook her head at the crazed female vampire and quickly snapped her head back towards the roaring fire.

"Don’t worry Dru dear," He told her, walking over towards her and wrapped his arm possessively around her waist. Dru let out a mew of joy and began to nuzzle the side of his face like a small kitten. "She’s just angry because she missed all the action."

"Yes…" Dru giggled with delight, running a finger down Angelus’s face, "my new playmate is lovely. He has pretty eyes like the ocean. I want to swim in them."

A confused look sprung to Buffy’s face and turned to look at the pair. "What’s is she talking about?"

Angelus smirked, looking over at his blonde childe and then moved his attention back over to Dru and pressed a kiss on her forehead. "Dru made a new little friend tonight and by tomorrow night he’ll be one of us."

"What?" Buffy gasped, her soft hazel eyes were wide with surprise. "Sh-she did what? Wh-what happened."

"Oh Buffy sweetie, don’t looked so surprised lover." Angelus snickered at the blonde who had nothing but daggers in her eyes for him. "Don’t worry, Dru did not force the boy. He was emotionally unbalanced."

"My poor little ocean had his heart stepped on by a nasty girl." Dru huffed and leaned her head on Angelus’s shoulder while his arm remained possessively around her waist. "But mummy is going to take care of ‘im now. No more nasty girl."

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Buffy pulled her black shawl tightly around her as the four of them made their way through the tombstone’s in the London cemetery. After hearing the news of Dru making herself a childe, she wasn’t able to sleep the whole day.

Reluctantly she turned to look at Darla who was walking in step beside her while Angelus and Dru were walking ahead of them.

"I can feel that this one is going to be trouble." Darla spoke; her eyes focused on Angelus’s back as they continued to make their way through the vacant cemetery.

"Oh." Buffy slightly nodded her head. Obviously, Darla wasn’t too pleased about this whole situation. But Buffy didn’t know what to make of it. She wasn’t there when it happened and she sort of wished she had been. She didn’t like not knowing things.

Suddenly both of the blonde vampires stopped dead in their tracks when they finally reached the tombstone marked with the new fledgling’s name. Buffy slightly smiled as she read the name on the stone, William, she thought in her head pleasantly, what a gentle name.

"It’s almost time…" Dru giggled as she began to jump up and down excitedly, "my lovely pet is coming to me. He shall wake soon."

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Blue eyes flew open quickly. The young man darted his eyes around at his surroundings. Everything was cramped and tight. He didn’t like it. Where was he? What happened? Suddenly, flashes of the night before ran through his mind. He remembered the woman sucking the life out of him and then the…blood.

"Oh God." He gasped as he finally realized where he was and began to panic. Letting out small cries of pain and fright. The young man began to claw everything in the coffin, trying to get out. He felt immense hunger rise to the pit of his stomach when blood began to seep through the skin of his knuckles.

Frustrated with himself, William began to scream at the top of his lungs.

To be Continued…

Part 3:

* Twilight *

Title ~ Rising

Author ~ SunnyD

Disclaimer ~ All people BTVS related belong to Joss Whedon and the ME team! Also the song extract belongs to Vanessa Carlton "Twilight".

Rating ~ PG~13

Summary ~ William finally rises and meets Angelus and his gang. What will he thing of what he has become?

A/N ~ Wow! 20 reviews already! That just amazes me! Wow! Sorry I am just shocked by it. So many reviews and this early in the story. Well…anyways, enjoy the new chapter of "Twilight".

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~ Vanessa Carlton ~

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William let out a painful cry as continued to tear at the coffin interior. He had to get out of there. He was trapped and the blood that was pouring from his hands was causing his stomach to rumble uncontrollably. Salty tears began to stream down his face as he tried to force his way out of the wooden box that he was kept in. Suddenly, the young man was relieved when he found the cover to the coffin. A new adrenaline running through him, William began to pound vigorously on the wood. The wood began to crack and break as William’s pounding became harder. Masses of dirt and soil began to pour through the hole that he was making.

The young man let out another cry of frustration as clawed his way through the dirt and soil.

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Buffy watched as Dru began to spin around in circles. She was like a happy child that was receiving a present. The blonde vampire then turned her eyes towards her sire that was watching Dru with wide fascinated eyes. Darla stood next to him and couldn’t stop glaring at him but he was too infatuated with Dru to see how is own sire was looking at him.

An icy wind swept by the foursome as they continued to hover over the tombstone. Buffy wondered how this fledging would react to his new lifestyle. Did he know what he was in for?

Buffy was soon brought out of her thoughts though as Dru kneeled down beside the grave and smiled at it. "Come on my little one." She cooed softly, running her hand gently along the freshly placed soil. "Mummy is here."

The raven-haired vampire jumped back in surprise though when a pale hand shot up through the soil. Dru cried out with joy as the hand grasped onto the earth desperately.

Buffy watched in amazement as she watched the new fledging try to crawl out of the earth. She wondered what it was like to crawl out of your own grave. The panic you must feel when you wake up in your own coffin under ground. The female vampire was never buried after Angelus made her. All she remembered was waking up in Angelus’s bed, full of hunger and desire for human blood.

Buffy slightly jumped back as clods of dirt and soil began to fly everywhere as William continued to climb out of the earth. Finally she saw his head come out of the ground. He seemed to be gasping for breath, even though he really didn’t need it, but the look on his face was just pure shock and horror. She watched as painful tears fell down his face, mixing in with the dirt that covered his perfectly arched cheeks. As she continued to watch the vampire crawl out of his grave, Buffy could hear the faint laughing of Dru and Angelus.

"My pretty ocean has risen." Dru giggled evilly as William’s whole body was not finally out of the grave. His legs were drawn up into his chest, while his arms were wrapped around his legs.

Angelus chuckled at his crazed childe, running a hand down her long black hair, "why don’t you go say hello then Dru?"

Dru nodded happily as she slowly made her way towards William’s side. "Hello my little William." She cooed softly. The frightened fledgling snapped his head towards Dru, his eyes widened when he finally recognized her.

"What have you done to me?" He asked her hoarsely. Buffy couldn’t help but stare at those bright blue eyes of his. They were powerful and bright. They were entrancing her.

"Oh don’t worry my lovely…" She purred softly, reaching out to touch him but he slightly flinched away from her, "mummy is going to take care of you now. No need to worry."

Darla shook her head as she watched the newly risen vampire flinch away from his sire. "Look at what you’ve done now, Angelus." She hissed at her childe who looked at her with anger. "He will not survive, he seems to human. We will be forced to carry his weight now. I knew this was a bad idea. I say we stake him now before he gives us trouble."

"No!" Angelus barked at her, his face slipping into his vampire visage. "He stays. Whatever Dru wants, Dru gets!"

Before Darla could respond though, a loud shrilling cry interrupted them. All of them snapped their heads towards young William who was staring at Angelus with fearful eyes. "YOU ARE THE DEVIL!" He screamed as he pointed towards Angelus’s vampire mask. "What are you! What are you!"

Angelus let out a fierce growl as he stalked over towards the young vampire and lifted him off the ground by his collar but William continued to struggle in his grasp.

"Let me go! Let me go!" He cried, more tears falling from his eyes as he stared at Angelus’s yellow ones.

Angelus’s growled once more before he cocked his fist back and smacked William hard across the jaw, sending him into unconsciousness.

Dru ran over to her childe’s side and shook her head at him and then turned to look at her sire. "Bad Daddy. Scaring my baby like that." She smiled at him with amusement. "Now he is sleeping again. My poor little ocean."

Angelus’s shook his head as his human face returned and smirked at Dru, throwing his arm over her shoulders. "Do not worry Dru…I know something that will make you all better. How about we all go out hunting tonight?" He then lowered his lips towards her ear and whispered quietly, "I promise double the bloodshed than last night."

Dru giggled with delight but then her face became serious as she remembered her little William. "What about my ocean? He will be all alone."

Angelus looked her reassuringly and nodded towards his other childe who was still staring at William with amazement. "Buff, will take care of him till we get back." Buffy tore her gaze away from William and back at her sire and Dru. "Won’t you lover?" Buffy nodded in response and then turned back towards William. "Good, and make sure you clean him up." He ordered to her before he spun on his heels with Dru and then wrapped his arm around Darla’s waist pulling her towards him as the three of them made their way out of the cemetery.

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William let out a painful groan as his blue eyes began to flutter open. He was surprised to find himself lying on a soft bed, thick red drapes surrounding it. He could hear the faint crackling of a fire going. William felt immensely cold and somewhat frightened. He remembered what had happened in the graveyard and that made him even more scared. What had happened to him?

The new fledgling let out a small gasp though when he felt a hot cloth being placed against his forehead. He looked over next to him and saw a golden angel sitting next to him. She was beautiful. He opened his mouth as if he was trying to say something but he couldn’t manage to get any words out.

"Are you okay?" She asked him quietly, wiping the dirt off of his face.

"I-I am o-okay." He stuttered slightly, looking at her in wonder. "W-who a-are you?"

"My name is Buffy." She told him quietly, removing the cloth away from his face and placed it back in a bowel of water and then took it out and then put it back on his forehead to wipe the dirt away.

William slightly smiled at the angel; "I am -"

"I know who you are…William." She whispered to him silently and he saw that worry that was in his eyes earlier set in again.

"Yes but what am I?" He asked as he sat up in the bed and then lowered his gaze towards the sheets of the bed. "W-what did that w-woman or t-thing do to me?"

Buffy sighed as she ran her hand through his hair. "She made you a…" The blonde sighed as she wondered how he was going to react but he would have to find out sooner or later, "vampire."

To be Continued…

Part 4:

* Twilight *

Title ~ Learning

Author ~ SunnyD

Disclaimer ~ All people and things BTVS belong to Joss Whedon and the ME team. While the extract of the song "Twilight" belongs to the singer/songwriter Vanessa Carlton

Rating ~ PG~13

Summary ~ Now that William knows what he is…how will he react and what was Buffy like before she became a vampire.

A/N ~ Thanks to everyone who has reviewed "Twilight". I love reading all the kind reviews you have sent to me. I am glad to see that you guys like it because I was afraid you wouldn’t which is why I was weary of starting it. But now from all your posts I am definitely going to continue on! Yay! Anyways…on with the chapter!

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William’s eyes went wide as he heard her words. A look of horror set upon his gentle face. "I-I am a what?" He choked. The rumbling and the feeling of emptiness in his stomach that he had been experiencing ever since he had woken up in his coffin were getting worse and it was driving him mad.

Buffy let out a long sigh as she took the cloth away and placed it back in the bowel once again, letting it absorb more water. After a while she took it out, taking his hands in hers, she began to clean the dirt from the wounds on his knuckles. She could feel her hunger and desire for blood coming forth for the first time in several days. It was understandable though; she hadn’t fed in almost 2 days. Shaking it off she finally looked William in the eyes. She did not like affect they had on her.

"A vampire." She said once again, her eyes drifting away from his and back at his damaged hands which would fully heal in a couple of hours due to his vampire status. Slowly, she moved her eyes back up towards his face once again and could see the shocked and confused look he was giving her.

"We are creatures of the night that thrive on the blood of the living. Forced to live for eternity without aging…without growing old." Buffy sighed once again as she waited for him to say something but he just continued to stare at her with that shocked look on his face. "Last night…Druscilla made you into what you are now. She’s your maker, you’re sire."

William let a sharp breath out as he gripped the silk sheets tightly in his palms, shaking his head side to side. His dark blonde curls waving in front of his face with disbelief. "No. No. No. No!" He muttered to himself, tears falling down his face once again. "I can’t be this…monster…this demon that lives on blood. I can’t kill humans!" William's head shot in her direction, his blue eyes giving her a pleading look. "I have a family! I have to take care of my mother, she’s ill. She’ll die without me!"

"Shh…" Buffy soothed as she pulled the new fledgling into her arms, placing his head on her shoulder.

His tears poured out from his eyes and onto her shoulder, running along her pale skin with ease. She knew what it was like. The pain and confusion he was feeling. After Angelus had made her she realized the weight of the choice she had made. It was like a heavy weight had been placed on her shoulders and all she wanted to do was give up. She didn’t want to kill humans but eventually she learned to live with it. She killed now… she did it without worrying if it was wrong or not, it was her nature and she had to do it to survive. Lately though she had been avoiding her true nature and it had caused her immense hunger that was hard to ignore. She would have to go out and eat eventually.

Buffy was pulled out of her thoughts though when she heard William’s crying calm down and felt the flow of his tears along her collar bone stop.

"Are you okay?" She whispered to him quietly, pulling his head gently away from her shoulder and looked softly into his eyes. He shyly nodded his head and began to wipe away the tears that were still on his cheeks.

William let out an unneeded breath as he looked at her once again. "How did it happen to you? How did you become what you are?"

Buffy sighed as she moved away from the bed and towards the bowel that sat at the bed’s side, rinsing it out. After a long moment of silence, she finally spoke to him. "Back when I was human, I went by the name Elizabeth Summers. I use to read books constantly. I was never allowed to attend school so that’s where I obtained my knowledge. I learned about History, Geography, Mathematics and Literature. My father disapproved of it and I received several whippings for it."

Buffy slightly flinched at the memory of her father and touched her back softly where there were several long scars along her skin. The blonde vampire sighed as she sat down next to William, politely he moved over so that she would be able to have more room on the bed.

"When I was around the age of 20 my mother began to grow ill and frail, and several months later she died." Her voice wavered slightly as she spoke of her mother but easily shook it off and continued. "That’s when things turned around. That is when my father turned to prostitutes and other women for comfort. Spending majority of his time in their beds instead of at home with me."

"It was on my 21st birthday that Angelus came to me." Buffy shut her eyes as the memory went through her mind. "I was walking home from a small gathering and I saw him. I do not know how it happened but for some reason I followed him. I met him in a nearby alley and that’s where he spoke to me for the first time. Somehow, he knew that I was unhappy with the world and my life. He knew about my father and of my mother. He told me that he could take it all away. All the pain and suffering so that I could have what I wanted." Buffy finally opened her eyes and turned to look at William who was listening to her closely. He was deeply intrigued by her.

"I was mesmerized by him. He knew everything about me. How I felt and what I wanted." She let out an unneeded sigh and continued on with her story, "I had been promised things before…everyone of them broken by the person who made them. But the way he said things to me. The way he looked when he said them. I knew he wouldn’t break a promise to me. So, I accepted his offer and that’s when he…" Buffy trailed off as she placed her head in her hands. William watched as she removed her head away from her palms.

There she was in her true face, yellow eyes, fangs and all. She quietly waited for him to gasp and run away in fright but he didn’t. All he did was stare at her with curiosity and integument. Tilting his head to the side he reached his hand out and slowly ran the tips of his fingers along the ridges of her forehead. He slightly smiled as he ran one of his fingers slowly down her lips and along her sharp fangs. After a while of exploring her features, he reluctantly pulled his hands away and then looked into her now hazel eyes.

"Is this what my face looks like too?" He asked her gently.

"Yes…" She whispered. "If you think it about really hard, your face will shift and change into what mine looks like."

William nodded his head as he shut his eyes and began to think about it. The ridges, the eyes, and the fangs. Slowly but surely, his face shifted into his vampire one. After a while he opened his now yellow eyes.

"Did it work?"

Buffy smiled gently as she took his hands in hers and placed them gently on his face. William’s hand wandered as he discovered his demon face. Slowly, his fangs and ridges faded away and he was left with his human face and a deep rumbling sound in his stomach.

Buffy slightly giggled as she heard his stomach call out and took his hand once more, guiding him off of the bed. "Come on…let’s get you something to eat."

William nodded as he followed Buffy out of the room and out of the mansion, out in the cold streets of London. Slowly, they walked through the streets, falling in step with each other. Several couples did a double take as they saw the attractive couple walk by them.

Eventually they made it to a nearby alley where the normal human eye could barely see anything because it was so dark but to the vampire one, you could see everything perfectly. Buffy took William by the shoulders and pushed him deeper into the shadows, stopping when he finally bumped into the wall.

"Stay here." She told him softly as she turned on her heels and quickly ran out of the alley.

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The man smiled to himself as he strolled along the cobblestone streets of London. He was heading home from his accounting firm. He had spent the day barking at his employees and even made them stay 4 hours longer than they were supposed to. What fools! He thought to himself, silently chuckling. It was good to be the boss.

He was passing by the alley near his flat when a young woman bumped into him. "Oh I am so sorry sir." She apologized to him, bending down to pick her coin purse up off the street but he quickly did it for her.

"It is alright." He smiled at her. She was a beautiful woman. She had long blonde hair that cascaded freely down her shoulders and down her emerald dress that fit snug against the upper part of her body, accenting her breast. Her face was pale but had had an ageless beauty to it. Her hazel eyes shown at him and he couldn’t help but feel enraptured by them.

"Oh, no it is not alright. You see, my poor dog has run away from me and I think he ran into that there alley." The woman told him as her face softened and had the look of total helplessness. "But, oh sir, I am too afraid to go in there all alone for I have no male escort with me. Would be ever so kind as to assist me?"

The man smiled as he took his arm in hers and patted her on the hand. "Don’t worry, miss. I will help you." He said before they headed inside the dark alley.

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William let out another unneeded breath as he waited for Buffy. He didn’t feel afraid of what he was around her. He didn’t feel like his life was over. He just hoped that the other demons he had met in the graveyard earlier tonight would treat him the same way that she had.

He suddenly was brought out of his thoughts though when he heard her voice and another man’s.

"Oh, sir, I just don’t know what happened!" Buffy told him with worry in her voice as she continued to lead them through the darkness. "I was walking him along and then he just ran away from me."

"Don’t worry miss." The man reassured her, patting her on the arm kindly. "We will find him." He then felt the woman’s arm leave his as he continued to walk down the alley but stopped when he finally reached a dead end. "I am sorry miss but…"

As the man turned around he gasped at what he saw. There was the beautiful woman standing two inches away from him but she didn’t look beautiful anymore, she looked like a monster.

"Oh God!" He gasped as Buffy grabbed him by the throat and shoved him up against the wall, pinning him.

Buffy looked over her shoulder at William who she could now see watching her with amazement. She slightly giggled at him, "come here William." She beckoned him over gently with her other hand. Slowly William emerged from the shadows and shyly walked over towards her.

"What do we do now?" He asked her curiously, darting his eyes between Buffy and the now unconscious male who had fainted just after Buffy shoved him up against the wall.

Buffy said nothing as she brought forth her vampire face and lowered her fangs towards his neck and began to drink his blood. William watched with keen interest as Buffy literally sucked the life out of the unsuspecting man. Now knowing what to do; William also brought forth his vampire mask and just like Buffy slowly leaned in towards the other side of the man’s neck…

To Be Continued…

Part 5:

* Twilight *

Title ~ Fighting

Author ~ SunnyD

Disclaimer ~ All things and people BTVS belong to Joss Whedon and the ME team. While the song extract "Twilight" belongs to Vanessa Carlton

Rating ~ PG~13

Summary ~ Basically, Buffy and William come home from their night out.

A/N ~ Thanks to everyone for the great reviews! Wow 15 reviews for just one chapter! I am speechless. Wow! Anyways…want to thank you all that have read and reviewed this story. I am very grateful for all you reviews!

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Buffy watched silently as William continued to drink from one of their several victims of the night. The new fledgling had gotten use to his new lifestyle. Buffy felt somewhat relieved that he wasn’t as frightened as he was in the beginning. It was a good thing.

The blonde vampire thought back long ago during her first few days as a vampire. She acted the same way he did. She first fell afraid and then easily adjusted to her knew role in the dark world. But thankfully she had Angelus to teach her the ways of the vampire realm. From the way Dru was acting, Buffy doubted that William would be able to survive as long without some guidance.

Anger began to fill the ‘woman’ as she thought about Dru. How dare she make her own childe and then have nothing do with him!

As Buffy watched William, a bright smile began to play on her lips. Even though he was a creature of the night, he seemed to retain some sort of childlike innocence as he drank from the woman’s neck. Suddenly, a loud thump echoed throughout the alley as he dropped her to the ground.

"You’re learning fast." She stated simply to him as he shifted back into his human façade and wiped the blood that was trickling down his chin.

William slightly smirked as he walked back towards her, running his hand through his dark blonde hair. "You taught me well."

"Thank you." Buffy acknowledged and she knew that if she were human that she would blush at that smirk he was sending her way.

"So where should we go next?" He asked gently but with a young child’s zealous enthusiasm.

Looking back up at the sky, Buffy could lightly see the sun’s ray creeping out beneath the clouds and sighed. "It is becoming sunrise…we should head back to the mansion."

William nodded silently as he took her arm in his and walked out of the alley together and on their way back to the mansion. There were several minutes of silence before William decided to speak.

"This Angel fellow…do you love him?" He asked shyly, almost regretting asking it. He shouldn’t be asking her such questions; it was rude and not like him.

"Angelus." She corrected him, not making eye contact with him but kept her eyes on the cobblestone streets.

"What?"

"His name is Angelus…not Angel." She corrected once again, slight glancing over at him and then back on the streets. "I tried calling him Angel awhile back. He got angry with me when I did that." She looked over at him and stared seriously into his eyes. "Don’t call him that…he thinks it is too human."

"Ok…" William nodded shyly and understandingly, "but do you…fancy him…you know…love him?"

Buffy began to smile at his nervousness but it faded away and instead she let out a heavy sigh. "He’s my sire. The one that made me. I have a bond with him by blood; I have a deep connection with him that will last for my entire existence. I don’t think it is love…you see…vampires…we can’t love." She said with a touch of sadness.

Of course she couldn’t prove that vampires couldn’t love. But for the last 50 years she hadn’t seen any sort of love or compassion come from the three vampires she resided with. In her vampire family there were only feelings of lust, pain, anger and loneliness. She hadn’t ever experience love.

"How do you know?" He asked quietly, slightly slowing his walking pace, looking at her with extreme curiosity. "There can be a possibility, you know."

"Maybe…" she quieted as she also slowed down her pace, falling in step with him once again. Her bright emerald dress, swerving from side to side as took each step. Her shoes tapping against the stone on the streets. "You’ll understand eventually."

"Yeah…" he sighed as he downcast his head, feeling the cool winter wind creeps up his back and along his neck.

~*~

Angelus fumed as he sat impatiently by the fire, the seething light from the flames reflecting off of his raging expression. It was near sunlight and she hadn’t returned yet. What made him even angrier was that she was out there with the new one. William, Angelus thought his name was but couldn’t seem to remember it. She had been complaining that she wasn’t in the mood to hunt and now that this new fledgling appeared she was so eager to feed. Angelus began to growl as he thought of the new fledgling and his childe together.

"Daddy don’t be mad." Dru cooed softly as she came up behind Angelus and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him lightly on the temple.

"She’s out with him Dru." Angelus huffed as his fingers dug into the soft material of the chair that he was sitting in.

"Sister is only taking care of him for me." Dru giggled with excitement, planting a soft kiss on his cheek. "My baby was only hungry and she wanted to feed him." She whispered sensually into his ear, running her hand gently down his chest and stomach. "But don’t worry Daddy, you’ll always have me."

Angelus shrugged roughly out of her grasp and continued to stare angrily into the fire. "Some fledgling won’t take my woman." He growled into the fire but the light was soon blocked off of his face as Dru stood in front of him. "Dru…"

"Shh…" Dru soothed, sitting down on his lap gently, "I will make you better." She whispered, running her nail down his cheek, drawing blood. Dru chuckled as she saw the crimson blood flow gently down his face. "See, already helping." She said before licking the blood off of his face. Angelus smirked as moved his lips closer to hers but they interrupted by the sound of the large mansion doors shutting. Both of the vampires turned their heads sharply towards the doors to see a laughing Buffy and William enter the room.

"Well, look who decided to show up finally." Angelus sneered as he bolted out of the chair, sending Dru to the floor.

"Angelus…" Buffy breathed in fright when she saw him. William furrowed his eyebrows together as he saw the look on her face.

Angelus shook his head as he turned his gaze away from Buffy and towards William who slightly flinched when he saw the older vampire look at him. The brunette vampire slightly chuckled as he sauntered over towards William.

"So this is William. Didn’t get a good look at him in the graveyard. Too covered in dirt to know what he looked like." Angelus smirked as he began to circle the young blonde vampire that felt slightly nervous with Angelus’s gaze. "I give him 5 years…10 max. It will be interesting though. Can’t wait to see what happens." He grinned impishly and looked over his shoulder at Dru. "Dru, why don’t you take our new little friend to bed."

"Oh…that would be wonderful Daddy." She chirped as she skipped childishly over to William who felt slightly scared and intrigued by her presence. He figured it was that sire relationship that Buffy was talking about. "Come now my ocean." She beckoned taking him by the hand and led him towards her bedroom.

When he finally heard the sound of Dru’s door closing, Angelus snapped his head towards Buffy and threw daggers at her through his eyes. "Did you have fun tonight?"

Buffy cocked her head to the side and slightly grinned at him, knowing why he looked so angry. "Yeah…I did actually. He learns quickly."

Angelus shook his head as he moved his way towards her, standing at least two inches from her. "You can’t grow attached Elizabeth." He hissed, causing Buffy to flinch at the tone that he used her real name.

"Who said I was!" She barked right back, getting up in his face. The flames from the fire, dancing off of her face, making her face seem menacing and irritated.

"You aren’t now but you will eventually." He told her firmly, running his hand down her arm gently and then gripped it tightly, and if she were human he would have cut off her circulation. "He isn’t yours to keep Buff!"

Buffy let her true face come forward as she flung Angelus off of her, sending him flying into another wall. Letting a primal growl rise from her throat Buffy turned on her heels and stormed into her room, slamming the door behind her.

To be Continued…

* Twilight *

Title ~ Bruising

Author ~ SunnyD

Disclaimer ~ All Angelus, Darla, Dru, Spike/William and Buffy belong to Joss Whedon. Also, the extract from the song "Twilight" belongs to Vanessa Carlton.

Rating ~ PG~13

Summary ~ Basically…I don’t really have a summary for this chapter! So you’re going to just have to read and find out what happens!

A/N ~ Thanks to all who have reviewed my fic. It has meant so much to me! I am glad to see that you all enjoy it! Yay! Anyways…on with the chapter!

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~ Vanessa Carlton ~

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William sighed as he felt Druscilla rise from the bed and made over to his side and kiss him sweetly on the cheek.

"Mummy, will be right back my little ocean, she must visit her Daddy." Dru cooed silently, running her hand over his hair and then slipped quietly out of the room.

William opened his eyes and groaned as he began to toss and turn in bed. He knew it was going to take some time for him to get use to sleeping throughout the day time instead of the night time, which is what he was more accustomed to.

This whole new situation was different and he was beginning to like it though. Well…not most of it. For one thing, he did not like Angelus. Or he did not like the feeling that he was getting from him, especially last night when he and Dru and Darla had left he and Buffy alone in the main room. He was sure that he heard someone smashing into a wall. William just hoped that it was not Buffy who was getting thrown into the wall.

He liked Buffy…or should he call her Elizabeth? Which one would be more appropriate? Elizabeth was a beautiful name in his eyes but Buffy had that spark or something exciting. He liked it. Elizabeth was her human name and now she was a vampire named Buffy.

William began to wonder on what was going to happen tonight. Would he go out with Angelus and the rest of the group, or would he go out with Buffy again like last night? If he had to pick, he would prefer to go out with Buffy. She seemed gentler and kinder than the rest of the other vampires that he resided with. Angelus looked violent and seemed to have a short temper. Darla, he didn’t know what to think about her because he hadn’t really gotten to know her all too well. Dru, she seemed a bit crazed and it sort of startled him. The names she called him were a bit strange and confusing. He went along with it though because she was a bit psychotic.

Last night, as soon as they had slipped into their room after Angelus had ordered them to, Dru tried to become very intimate with him. Too much for William’s taste and he had to shrug her off. She just smiled at him and began to whisper about fairies and trains, then kissed him sweetly on the lips before retiring to the bed that they shared. That also had a negative affect on William also, he had never slept in the same bed with a woman before. So after she had lay down, he just stood there staring at it and became very nervous, shifting his weight from one foot to another. Eventually he did climb into bed with the vampire woman and was not surprised to find himself not being able to fall asleep.

And now that Dru had left the bed, William still could not fall asleep. He then began to feel several deep rumblings in his stomach and he felt the desire for fresh blood rise in him. God, what a feeling it was! It was different from human hunger; this type of hunger hit you to the core. It was hard to concentrate on anything else but that deep aching feeling in your gut.

William then sat up in bed when he heard the door to the bedroom shut close. Thinking it was Dru; William quickly lay back down and shut his eyes. Hoping that she would just assume that he was asleep.

William’s eyes shut tighter when he felt her presence draw closer to his side. As he did this, William could here a soft chuckling coming towards him. His whole body tensed and he slightly curled up into a ball. But then suddenly felt more relaxed when a soft hand ran through his hair and heard her sweet voice call out to him. "I’m not Dru…so you can stop pretending like you’re asleep." Buffy joked as she continued to run her hand through his hair softly. She loved the way his soft locks curled in her fingers.

William sighed defeated as he opened up his eyes and stared up at her, letting a smile break out on to his lips. "Hello."

"Good morning…" She chirped and then furrowed her eyebrows as she began to think. "Or maybe it is good afternoon. I am not sure. Have not really looked outside today and I do not plan to either."

William grinned with delight as he moved over on the bed so that she could have more room to climb in. "Where is Dru?" He asked gently after a long moment of silence.

"She’s with Angelus…in his room." She sighed sadly; playing with the cloth of her deep purple dress that just brought out the softness of her skin.

William’s eyes widened as he realized what she was talking about and let his mouth form into a large ‘o’ shape. He then nervously darted his eyes towards her, a shy look on his face. "I had the notion that you and him..."

Buffy sighed as she continued to play with her dress and then eventually drew her eyes to look into his. "We use to be like that…in a way. Even before Dru was sired, he preferred Darla than me and then once Dru was made, he began juggling the three of us. He treated me like a princess. Showering me with gifts that no suitor could ever give me. But still…I do not have all of him because he belongs to two other women." She let out a long unnecessary breath as she lightly touched her right arm, rubbing it gently. "Besides…lately…we get into more fights than anything else." She winced, moving her eyes away from William and back on her dress.

"Did he hurt you?" William asked quietly but had a firm and concerned tone in his voice. He seemed worried about her.

Buffy let out a slight whimpering noise as she remembered Angelus’s grip on her last night. She was sure she wouldn’t have any bruising from his death like grip, come to find out that when she arose this afternoon that on both of her arms she had deep purple spots that almost matched the color of her dress.

"Not…really…" She whispered, darting her eyes towards him and then back at her dress. "I’ll be okay."

"Let me see…" William said as he situated himself on the bed so that he was positioned right in front of her. Taking one of her arms in his hand, he gently rolled her sleeve up to where the bruise was and almost gasped when he saw it. He had never seen such a deep bruising before. It was a mixture of a deep royal purple and a midnight black. The young fledgling quickly reminded himself not to try to make Angelus angry from now on.

"How could he do this to you?" William breathed to himself quietly; his eyes remain on the dark bruise that decorated one of her arms. Gently he rolled up the other sleeve where another bruise had been planted, in the same condition as the other one.

"I will be alright…" Buffy said as she slightly squirmed under the intense gaze that he was giving her arms. "I threw him into the wall, so we are even."

William smirked at this comment and was glad that it was not her who got thrown into the wall. Still, Angelus had no right to hurt her like this. Slowly, he leaned forward and planted a soft kiss on her both of her arms.

"My mum use to do that when I got ‘urt." He told her as his voice slightly slipped into a low accent that made Buffy smile. "She said kissing it would make it feel better."

"I hope so." Buffy grinned as she removed her arms from his hands and gently pulled the sleeves of her dress back down. She then got up off the bed and made her way to the heavily draped window on the other side of the room and gingerly looked out side to find a dark and frosty looking London. "Are you hungry?"

"Yeah." William chuckled as he also removed himself from the bed and stood beside her by the window. Realizing what she was suggesting at, William perked up one of his eyebrows and looked at her confused. "What about the others?"

"It doesn’t matter." She said as she took his hand in hers and led him out into the night.

~*~

Buffy grinned as she and William dropped their latest victim to the ground with a thud.

"You feel better?" William asked her as he swept his hand through his dark blonde hair, walking out of the dark alley with her. Making sure not to be seen by the London people.

"A bit." She grinned slyly, rubbing her arms, London’s icy temperature getting to her. "Just a bit cold."

"I know." William nodded as they passed a large man with a gigantic wool coat draped over his shoulders. The young fledgling smirked as he came up with an idea. Buffy saw the look in his eyes and touched him gently on the shoulder.

"No William." She told him gently, sending him a pleading look. "You are not ready to handle someone like him yet."

"Come now Buffy." He begged with a softened look on his perfectly arched features. Buffy just sighed as she nodded her head. "Thank you." He praised, kissing her lightly on the cheek before striding down the street towards the man.

The blonde female vampire was surprised to watch that the man actually went into the alley with William. Cautiously, Buffy followed them and stood at the front of the alley, just incase anything went wrong.

Suddenly, a frantic cry erupted throughout the alley and a panicked look set on Buffy’s face when she recognized that cry. "William!"

To be Continued…