New Beginnings: On a Walk
by Javian
Chapter 5: On a Walk

Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy, etc, etc
Summary: This is another short chapter, just to introduce Buffy to a bit of creepiness, and goes back to what happened to Buffy while she was walking. Why did she return to the house so quickly?


Buffy shivered a little and shook herself out of the daze, squinting at her watch to check the time. She hadn’t been gone for too long, but she suddenly felt a little nervous. It was very dark, most likely about 11 pm, and she was completely alone on a sidewalk next to the park.

Just as she was thinking this, she thought she heard someone, or something, behind her.

Quickly glancing over her shoulder, but not seeing anyone, Buffy began walking back towards her house a little faster.
When she was just about to reach the neighborhood, a dark figure sprang out in front of her. Buffy took a startled step backwards, trying to make out what kind of person this figure was.

“Why hello there, miss.” As he stepped a little closer to her, and to the street light, Buffy saw that it was a strangely-dressed teen, about a foot taller than her and maybe a couple years older. The man looked drunk, or something. Then again, Buffy thought, if this guy’s wandering around at 11 pm trying to pick up girls, this guy has to be from a different dimension or something.

Buffy mind worked furiously for a way out of this situation while putting on a fakely confident smile and saying a quick “Hello” before trying to walk around him. As she had expected, the guy immediately moved to block her.
“Not so fast there miss, can’t we just have civil conversation?”
Buffy, annoyed and a little freaked, nevertheless continued smiling and replied “Did you expect one? Sorry, but drunk guys at midnight, so not my thing” while surreptitiously reaching into her pocket, trying to find anything she could use for self-defense if this guy tried anything. The guy didn’t notice that and instead walked a little closer. Buffy couldn’t feel this guy’s breath, and he didn’t smell like he had been drinking. In fact, there didn’t seem to be much life, or warmth coming from him at all.

Buffy gave the guy a strange look. Weird…I can almost tell that if I touched him his skin would be stone cold. There something wrong with him, and something tells me that I should be running…

As she thought this, the guy grinned nastily at her and leaned towards her.

Ok way too close for comfort!, Buffy thought frantically. Her hand closed around a pencil she had stuck in her pocket, and could not remember ever putting it there, but then suddenly the guy roared and his face…well, whatever happened to his face, his creepiness factor had just tripled. Instinctively, in a well-practiced move, Buffy felt strength surging through her, and pushed out at him with both hands, kicking out at him as he fell with a startled cry. Buffy, who had been holding the pencil, saw that her pencil was now stuck in the guy’s chest, where his….Whoa.
Buffy jumped in shock as the guy snarled at her furiously and then, well, the only way she could describe it is, he POOFED. As in, turned all…dusty. Before she could think too much about what happened, she started running back to the house, trying to calm down, trying to block out what happened, because she knew that her mind was playing tricks on her, it had to be…but the dusting thing. Why did it seem so familiar? Shouldn’t she be in very VERY serious denial right now, or at least checking into a mental facility? She was actually relatively calm. But there was just something so familiar, something she remembered….

Before she could think much more about it, she found herself at her house, and, not hearing anybody yelling, paused to catch her breath, made an instant decision to not mention anything that happened, and walked inside.



A/N: Buffy is NOT the Slayer yet; she’s still only a Potential and therefore has Potential strength. I think the reason why she finds the dusting familiar is quite obvious, but I will mention the reason somewhere in the next few chapters.


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