You're Still the One: Part 1
by Becca
Hey! This is, in no way, a necessary companion to my other story ‘I’ll Remember You’.....but it would help a bit if you read that one first. This doesn’t continue where it left off, but the other story could give you some insight as to how I relate to Buffy and Angel. In this story, we see a much used plot. Angel get’s his soul back, but it isn’t the happy ending you’d imagine. Can Buffy bring herself to trust him again? one other side note : when I say ‘Angelus’ i mean the evil one, when i say ‘Angel’ I mean the one with a soul...the one we all love.

I, in no way, shape, or form, own any of the BtVS characters. DON’T SUE! They all belong to the almighty Joss Whedon, who had BETTER come up with a similar plot to an actual BtVS ep. (Not to give me fame, but to give Angel his soul back)

This is dedicted to Ivory (AngelBuffy), without her help, this would NOT be here today. Thank you! And everyone should read her story ‘A Love That Won’t Die’ as soon as they finish reading mine! Also, thank you to my beta-readers/friends, who helped me as well.

One other note : GBecca13@aol.com. That’s my e-mail address....feedback is SO welcomed. Be harsh, be cruel...but be honest.

It was a beautiful night. The stars were shining, the moon was near full in the sky. There was just enough wind to make a girl shiver, and have her date offer her his coat for warmth. As Angelus looked up at the sky and at the couple just outside the Bronze, he was disgusted.

Not as disgusted with the couple, and he was with himself. To think, that one time not so long ago, he had done the same thing. He had made the first step toward his ‘humanity’. He had shown emotion, and shown Buffy that he cared. Buffy, he thought with a sneer. I wonder what she’s doing now. I haven’t tormented her for a while...why not begin anew tonight? I’ll kill a few, maim a few, and make a few more new vamps....and all on a gorgeous night...perfect.

As Angelus left the Bronze, his feet led him to a park overlooking a small stream. He looked at the couple leaning against the tree, looking up at the stars.

“Well, tonight surely seems to be the night for loving couples....lucky me! Buffy’s sure in for a surprise tomorrow”

Walking so stealthily that not even the wind whispered of his coming, Angelus snuck up on the couple. Carefully stalking them, he moved around them in circles, slowly closing in. And with each step, he thought of how brutally he could kill them and how much pain he could cause Buffy.

“Elizabeth, I-” began the male, leaning towards his girlfriend, obviously named Elizabeth.

“What is it John? Is something wrong? What do you have to tell me?” question Elizabeth, now slightly worried.

As Angelus drew near the couple he heard those words and knew what was going to be said. He knew what was going to be said, and had to stop it. Angel had loved Buffy, and Angelus wasn’t going to let anyone else utter those words as long as he could help it.

“I-” and with a quick snap of the neck, John spoke no more. As his eyes turned glassy, and stared blankly in the eyes of Elizabeth. As realization finally sunk into the mind of the poor girl, she opened her mouth to scream.

“Tut tut” Angelus said condescendingly as he grabbed the girl, forcing her head at an angle “They’ll be plenty of time for that later.” With that, he sunk his teeth into her milky white skin and began to drain her of her life’s blood. And with a moan, she surrendered. Giving up her futile beatings, and just embracing the numbness of death.

“Aaaahh........now that’s a meal. Who next? Anymore ‘school girls’? They always have the sweetest blood....like vintage wine.” Angelus mused, as he took off back in the direction of the Bronze.

As he approached the Bronze, he saw a girl come out. She appeared to be in high school, probably 16 or 17 years old. She came out alone, and shivered slightly at the cold. She cautiously looked around her, her eyes peering into every corner and every shadow. Finally, they came across him. The girl gave a little shake of her head, telling herself that there was nothing there, and began to walk home.

“Perfect” thought Angelus “the sweetness of innocence...what better belated birthday gift than the taking of that sweetness, and innocence? Buffy will love it” Angelus took off after the girl, waiting for her to make the mistake of going somewhere alone, and private.

Oddly enough, the girl seemed to know what he wanted. She led him to a deserted playground. She seemed to sense someone nearby, and quickened her pace a little bit. As she cut across the baseball field, she glanced behind her. When her eyes came across his form as he was pursuing her, she broke into a mad run.

Her fear only heightened the excitement of the chase. As he closed in on his prey, she suddenly stopped running. She had lead him to the edge of a ditch, and there was no way out. She immediately dropped into a more defensive stance.

“What do you want?” she cried out timidly “Stay - stay - stay where you are!” she stuttered “Don’t come any closer!”

Ignoring the warning, Angelus sauntered closer. As he came nearer, his ‘spider sense’ began to tingle. But as always, the confident and arrogant Angelus payed no attention.

“What, are you afraid of me? What on earth would I ever do to you?” Angelus mockingly asked, as he reached out to grab the girl. But to his surprise, instead of his hand grasping solid flesh, it was twined with rope.

“What?” Angelus wondered, right before a gag was placed in his mouth, and his hands were tied behind his back.

“I warned you. You can’t say I didn’t. But I knew you wouldn’t listen. No. The ‘big bad Angelus’ would never take advice from a 17 year old girl. Even if he knew she held his fate in the palm of her hand. Even if he knew that she was to become the seer of her tribe, the Calderash people. And especially if he knew that she was hear to help Janna, one of her own.” The girl said mockingly, her job having been fulfilled.

And Angelus’ struggles were futile, as she led him off into the night.


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