Staring at the Sun: Part 1
by Terry Redd
Staring At the Sun
by Terry Redd
A priest a rabbi and a duck walk into a bar. The priest says "The writer in no way takes credit for creating, owning, or makes money illegally off of Buffy the vampire slayer. It is property of Joss Whedon.
The Rabbi says, "The characters created just for this fanfic such as Trevor Redfeild are the proporty of Terry Redd aka Xander the Willow Wanter.'
The duck quacked, as ducks tend to do.
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Part One
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1:45 a.m. Outskirts of Sunnydale:
The “Welcome to Sunnydale” sign was smashed by a Mustang as the car rocketed through it. The car came to an abrupt halt flinging the man holding on to the top of it a good five feet as he rolled another ten. He stumbled to his feet as the car rev its engine. It speed at the man, he jumped out of the way and ran back to the smashed sign. The car spun leaving long black marks as the young man picked up a long shaft of what was left of the sign. The car again sped towards him and he ran towards it shaft in hand. As the car was almost on him he jumped and smashed the shaft into the windshield. The car was racing and he was on the hood holding on for dear life. He pulled himself over to the driver’s side window. He opened the door and stomped on the brake holding himself up with the door and the roof of the car. It came to a stop and he pulled the driver out on to the ground. He was a man with long black hair and a shaft though his stomach. Over him stood the young man. He had short dark brown hair and dark brown eyes that glared coldly at the man on the ground. He wore a black T- shirt, a long sleeve blue shirt over it unbuttoned and not tucked in just like the black shirt, and blue jeans. The man on the ground’s face twisted and warped to that of a vampire as he hissed at the young man. The young man pulled out a stake and raised it up in the air. The vampire screamed for him to stop. The stake was brought down hard, fast, and through the vampire’s heart. The vampire made a gurgling sound then exploded into dust. The young man got into the Mustang and looked at the gapping hole in the windshield.
“Great”, he exclaimed sarcastically, “I finally get a nice car and I go and put holes in it already.”
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7:45 a.m. Sunnydale High School:
The head of the practice dummy nearly flew off with the kick Buffy had just landed. She followed up with some fast and well placed punches to the torso and a spinning foot sweep.
“Whew, is that it for this morning?” Buffy asked as she sat down and drank her bottle of water.
“Um…well I suppose it would be alright for…” Wesley said as he was then interrupted.
“That will be all Buffy thank you”, Giles broke in.
Wesley shot him a glaring stare for a moment as he replied in a mumble “Quite”.
“Great” Buffy exclaimed as she picked up her stuff and prepared to leave, “I hate being all stinky before class.” She said as she left.
As Buffy entered the hall Xander and Willow greeted her.
“Hey Buffster” Xander said with his goofy smile
“Hey Buffy” Willow said with her radiant smile.
“Hey guys” she replied as they walked together, “we’re off to English together I guess”
“Yeah follow the scummy tile road,” Xander said as he skipped like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.
“And who are you”, Willow asked smiling, “The cowardly lion or the scarecrow?”
“Nah I’m the tin man” he said as he spied Cordelia walking with her group of sheep in their direction, “and here come the winged monkeys”
As the group passed by Cordelia only glared at Xander for a moment then acted like she didn’t notice him. Xander returned the favor.
“So are you too ever going to let it bygones be bygones” Buffy asked as after they had passed.
“Nah we have a wonderful hatred”, Xander said as he opened the door for the girls to English class, “I wouldn’t want to ruin that.”
The trio took their seats near each other and chit chatted until class was about to start. Just as class was about to begin a student walked in. Because he was so late the others all looked at him for a moment. He was new and gave the teacher his pass and she told him to take a seat near Buffy, Xander, and Willow. He wore a long sleeve blue shirt over a black T-shirt and blue jeans. He looked sleepy as he sluggishly plopped down in the seat in front of Xander and Willow and next to Buffy.
“Class please welcome our new student,” the teacher said as she paused to look for his name on the sheet he gave her, “Trevor Redfeild”.
Trevor looked around; most of the class seemed to care less. From behind him though he heard a voice.
“Welcome to the loony bin” Xander said as he flicked a piece of paper at Buffy.
“Only because of crazies like you Xander,” Buffy said as she turned to face the group and grabbed the piece of paper out of midair and threw it back striking Xander in the nose. “Hi I’m Buffy, this is Xander and Willow.”
“Nice to meet all of you” Trevor said turning so he could see everyone. “I’m Trevor as Miss Funny looking nose lady so pointed out.”
The trio laughed and then Willow spoke up.
“So where are you from” she asked as she pushed her red hair out of her face.
“Alabama,” he said as he put his hand up and then said in a silly over done southern accent “please, no redneck jokes.”
“Cool what brings you out here” Buffy asked as she giggled a little from his funny voice.
For just a moment Trevor’s face changed from nice funny guy to serious but then back in a flash.
“I moved out here,” he began and stopped for a moment then continued, “for the usual reasons”.
“Oh did your Dad or your Mom get a new job?” Willow asked with a smile.
“No,” he said lowly, “My parents are sort of dead”
“Oh um I’m sorry, I didn’t know I um…oh dear um” Willow said looking down nervously, “I will just shut up now.”
“No it’s ok,” he said as he brightened up, “Happened a long time ago”
There was an awkward silence for a moment then Xander chimed in.
“Um so you need us to show you around?” Xander asked.
“Hey that would be great,” He said as the teacher began to lecture, “Any of you have P.E next?”
“Me and Buffy do,” he said nodding his head to Buffy, “Wills here has Calculus, or funny letter and number class as I call it.”
“Yeah want to tag along with us” Buffy said just glad to be having a conversation that had nothing to do with vamps for once.
“Sure” he said then looked at Willow, “And hey Willow?”
“Yeah?”
“Don’t fret over it really,” he said with a smile, “To make it up to me you can help me with my math homework”
Willow brightened up and smiled.
“Sure,” she said, “let me see your schedule”
He handed it to her and she smiled again
“You have study hall with us third period, I can help you then and you can meet Oz my boyfriend, he is in the band” she giggled.
“Cool” he said as he turned around and started to take notes.
8:15 a.m. Mayor’s Office
“Ah good you’re here,” Mayor Wilkins exclaimed to Faith with a cheery smile as he sat at his desk looking though papers, “Glad to see you, how is my favorite Slayer this morning?”
Faith just sat with dark rings under her eyes and meekly murmured as she plopped down into a leather seat “Major hang over here boss man, why have we gotta meet so early?”
“The early bird catches the worm Faith” He said as he snacked on some mints, “We have lots of work to do before the big day.”
Faith sat and listened to him. She wondered how anyone could stay so cheery all the time.
“Yeah that’s great Sugardaddy so what’s up?”
The Mayor gave here the “very funny” look. “Now you know what I’ve told you about calling me that Faith,” he said as he got up and looked out his window, “Ah isn’t it a beautiful morning?”
“Yeah I guess,” Faith said propping her head up on her arm, “If you go for that whole waking up before noon thing.” Faith yawned loudly as she then stretched. “Please Mr. W I really wanna go back to bed, what is the job?”
“Well I guess we can’t all be morning people,” he said as he walked over and sat on his desk facing her, “You little red headed friend got into our files last night”
“You mean Willow,” she asked as she sat up.
“Yes I’m afraid,” he said crossing his legs, “And such a pretty name too, it is a crying shame you will have to kill her.”
Faith only looked at him. Her mouth hung open as she looked off into space. A look of shock was on her face.
“Now I understand if you say no,” he said as he looked at her, “After all I can only imagine that it would be a hard on you, if you want I can just get our “associates” to tackle the problem.”
Faith thought to herself long and hard. She looked down at the floor then back up at the Mayor. She stood up and looked at him as resolve returned to her face.
“No,” she said as she popped her neck, “I can handle it”
9:45 Sunnydale Library:
“Hey Trev I’m impressed,” Xander said with mock arrogance as he and Trevor walked into the library were Willow and Oz were sitting talking by the computer, “Your almost as nimble as me on the old volleyball court”.
“Nimble meaning getting hit in the head six times,” Trevor asked with a sly grin as Buffy laughed walking behind them.
“Um,” Xander responded rubbing the sore spot on his head, “I was just lulling the other team into a false sense of security”
At the same time Trevor and Buffy looked at him and went “Phfffffffft”
“Hey Willow, Hey Oz,” Xander greeted them, “You should see old Trev on the volleyball court Wills, he is like a demon on the court.”
“Oh so this is the new guy,” Oz asked, “Hey.”
“Hey, you must be Oz since well that’s what he just called you,” Trevor said as he went over and shook Oz’s hand, “So your in a band right?”
“You could call it that,” he said putting his arm around Willow.
“It’s called Dingoes Ate My Baby,” Willow chimed in giddy like, “There great, they play at the Bronze a lot.”
“The what?” Trevor asked.
“It’s a local night club,” Buffy asked, “And about the only cool hang out around, we frequent there.”
“Oh, well that sounds of the cool.”
“Yeah we are going tonight if you want to tag along.” Willow said with a smile.
“Is it okay if I meet you guys there?” he asked as he looked around the library, “Got to settle in and all first.”
“Sure,” Xander said as he plopped on to a table and sat.
Just then Wesley and Giles came out from Giles’ office. They came into the main room as Trevor walked behind a stack.
“Ah, Buffy good you’re here,” Wesley said as he walked over to her. She made a motion to stop talking but Wesley continued, “When you go patrol tonight would…. Why whatever are you doing?” he asked as she continued her gestures wildly.
“Hey Trevor, since you’re the new guy here in our library why not come and meet our librarian and his assistant.” Xander said stressing the word new and looking at Wesley. Trevor stepped out from behind the book stack and came face to face with Giles and Wesley. Wesley’s eyes immediately grew wider in recognition as did Trevor’s. They exchanged an icy stare for a long moment before Giles interrupted the silence.
“Yes, well,” he said to Trevor, “Good to ah, have you here at Sunnydale”
“Uh, yeah,” he said as he stopped glaring at Wesley, “Great to be here and stuff.”
“My name is Rupert Giles and this is my assistant Wesley Pierce,” Giles said taking great pleasure in calling Wesley his assistant. Wesley shot a glare at Giles then back over at Trevor. Giles then asked Buffy into his office and Willow and Oz became engrossed in the computer. Xander went rummaging through the stacks.
“Yes so good to meet you Mr. Redfeild.” Wesley snidely said to him still giving him that icy glare and stressing meet oddly.
“You too,” he said returning the icy glare, “Mr. Pierce.”
There was an awkward silence in the room. Only the squeaking of a rat in a cage broke the long silence. Finally Trevor said something.
“Mr. Giles may I go use the bathroom” he asked after he had walked away from the restroom and tapped on his door. A muffled yes came back as he walked out. Wesley followed him out and they both stood there for a few moments.
“So what are you doing here?” Wesley asked.
“You should know stiff lip,” Trevor replied leaning against the wall.
“Very trite Trevor,” he said as he started to pace, “I take it the council sent you.”
“When ever you drop the ball I seem to be there huh Wes?”
“What happened back in Brooksville was beyond my control.”
“What isn’t beyond your control” he said glaring at him, “Good people died because of….” He stopped abruptly as someone passed by in the hall.
“Yes the Council sent me tweed boy,” Trevor said as he turned away, “Did you think I was here on vacation?”
“Yes,” Wesley said looking down, “About Faith I assume?”
“Yeah about Faith,” Trevor replied. As they were out in the hall Willow and Oz were searching on the Internet on the computer. Willow seemed frustrated at first but then squealed.
“Uh oh squealing something must be good,” her boyfriend said with a smile.
“Very good,” Willow said as she pointed to the screen, “I think this spell can change Amy back.”
“Really?” Oz asked as he glance over at Amy as she was in the cage in her new rat form.
“I hope so,” Willow said with a sigh as she remembered how Amy had changed herself into a rat to save herself from a lynch mob under a spell but couldn’t change back, “Mousy pellets are getting expensive and for a rat she eats like a horse.”
“Really?” Oz said looking at the cage, “Who would have thought that old Amy could pack it away like that, guess she is a pack rat.”
“That was so corny,” Willow said giggling, “But I loved it.”
Oz only smiled and gave the lovely redhead a kiss. She didn’t seem to mind as she kissed him back. From behind a stack Xander watched them. He sighed to himself as a frown came across his face and he turned away.
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