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Chapter 2: A New Life As soon as Buffy got outside of city limits of Sunnydale, she felt regret. Maybe she shouldn’t have done this, maybe she shouldn’t have left her friends and mother with Faith in her body. So what if they didn’t recognize her, it was just luck that she recognized Giles when Ethan turned him into a demon. Okay, it wasn’t luck, she saw his gentle eyes and knew without a doubt that it was her only father she had ever had, no matter what DNA. And maybe Faith did deserve redemption, a new start, friends and family. She had helped her defeat the mayor, right, she was certain it had been Faith in that dream she had. Okay, she was reaching for excuses but she had been deeply hurt that nobody noticed anything. She was also deeply hurt by Faith, she had been a sister to her and she had betrayd her, that she could forgive her, even taking her body, maybe switching their bodies had just been a cry for help to get out of her life. But Buffy could not forgive or forget what she had done to Angel.
Without even noticing it, Buffy had ended up in LA which wasn’t the place she was headed. For a moment she thought about going to Angel. But soon she ditched that thought, he had a life and she would die if he wouldn’t recognize her. With her friends she could deal with it but with Angel, she would never recover. She still had connections in LA from the time she had ran away, she could get a new ID and a place to stay one or two nights before she moved on. Buffy smiled to herself, she had a plan. And with that happy thought, she finished her coffee and pie before leaving to meet an old friend. Buffy stepped into an old abandoned factory and climbed the stairs to the top floor. “Anybody here?” she asked into the seemingly empty room. But she knew better. Soon she was surrounded by young people with stakes, but she had heard and felt them coming but had done nothing. “Who are you and what are you doing here?” asked a bold headed black man. “Gunn, tell them to lower those stakes and I tell you”, she answered confidently, she knew she could take them all out but she just didn’t want to, they were on the same side. “I don’t know you, why should I”, defied Gunn and that almost made Buffy chuckle, he hadn’t changed, he was still playing tough as nails dirty Harry. “Because Anne sent me”, she answered feeling weird saying her own name like another persons, but then again she was another person for that one summer. Gunn seemed to think about it and his stance relaxed a little, only for a small degree. “Okay, let’s talk”, Gunn said and the others lowered their weapons. “So, let’s get down to business, I need a fake ID”, Buffy said. “And what makes you think I could get you a fake ID?” Gunn asked looking at Buffy, measuring her. “I don’t need you to get me a fake ID, I just need you to arrange a meeting with someone who can”, Buffy answered. “And why should I?” Gunn asked confidently. “Because you owe one to Anne, she trusts you about this one”, Buffy said and seeing Gunn considering about it, she turned to leave. “I’ll be back in four hours, it will be plenty of time before sundown”, she said and left before he could say anything. Buffy was sitting in an uncomfortable chair in a dirty looking waiting room. She was bored and she wasn’t sure if this would work, but she had to try. After an hour of waiting and boredom, the door opened and a woman with blue hair stepped out. “He will see you now”, she said and Buffy got up walking into the room. After she had stepped inside, the door locked and she saw it had no lock inside. “Just a precaution”, said a deep male voice. “Yeah, sure”, Buffy answered, not so convinced. “You do know that I could just brake the door down if I wanted to”, she asked the man that was still standing in the shadows of the luxurious room. “I do know. But you won’t because you want what you came her for”, the man said and stepped out of the shadows. His hair was also blue but it looked like he had been born with it and he had strange black figures written on his face and every part of his skin that she could see. “Tell me what do you want, Slayer, and we will discuss the price”, he said and smiled like a wolf. “I want a spell, or what ever you do. I want that Faith can not intentionally hurt any of my friends or my mother”, Buffy answered. The smile on the mans face grew. “That kind of request comes with a price, and not a small one”, he said. “Name it”, Buffy said confidently and took her most intimidating pose crossing her arms over her chest. “I want the Slayer in debt to me.” “Could you please not talk about me in third person”, she sighed. “Very well, slayer. But I can collect my payment anytime I see fit.” “I will not do anything that is evil, nothing that will help the forces of darkness”, she said in her resolve voice but she couldn’t help but feel little corny talking about the forces of darkness. “That is correct. But there will be a time when your debt will be collected.” Buffy sighed deeply, she was getting bored running around. “Fine, the debt will be collected, you said that already. Now get on with it. Do what ever mojo you do”, she said impatiently. Again the man smiled and she knew she had just made the deal with a devil, or pretty close. “Take my hand and it will be done”, he said and offered his hand. With a small hesitance she took his hand and a shooting pain shot through her. She looked at her hand and the black figures in his hands were moving on her skin as well. She screamed from the pain, bending her back and gripping the mans hand so hard she could hear his bones crack. But he didn’t even flinch. Suddenly everything in her eyes changed red and after that, there was nothing. Buffy woke up and as soon as she remembered what had happened, she bolted upright. She looked at her hands and they were back to normal, or as normal as they could get to her while she was in Faiths body. She also knew that what she had wished, had happened, somehow she just knew. She shook her head to clear her thoughts. Then she looked at the clock, it was almost time to meet Gunn. She got up on slightly unsteady legs and left the room.
Buffy met Gunn and after that the guy who made her new ID. Again she was Anne and her new last name was O’Roarke, which she knew used to be Angels surname but she decided not to look too deeply into it. She hadn’t told nobody what name she used the summer she was in LA so it was safe to say that nobody knew what to look for if they found out it was Faith in Sunnydale. Maybe she would return to Sunnydale one day, after she had healed and learned who she really was. After staying in LA for two days, she got on the bus and started her journey towards new location and new life. She just hoped she could have seen Angel, but she knew it would have been too painful and again her fear of him not knowing her played a large part on her fleeing.
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