The Immortal Slayer - Chapter 1
Sitting in front of her computer Willow tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, frustrated. She wanted to get this done tonight. Once more she looked over the HTML, trying to catch the mistake she knew she had made. Scrolling down the screen she found and corrected the problem. Finally her website was done. Clicking on her FTP link she sent the page. As the website loaded she sat back to admire her work.The idea had come to her about a month ago, although she had just decided to go with it a week ago. She had been working so hard on getting it done that she had even managed to neglect some of her schoolwork. Her friends had no idea what had really been taking up all her time either. None of them were into computers like she was, and she figured getting them excited about the finished product would be hard enough, let alone a work in progress. The premise of the website was to allow people who knew of vampires and other demons to talk and trade notes anonymously. Hence the name she had come up with, Slayers Anonymous. Vampires weren't just in Sunnydale, so there had to be other people who knew of them.
Glancing down to the clock on her computer, Willow quickly returned her thoughts to the present. 12:21 a.m. Time to get some sleep. She shut down the computer and climbed into bed wondering what the gang would think of her website.
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Willow walked towards the library, doubts growing in her mind. Nervously reaching for the doorknob she told herself "This is a good thing. Once they get the whole gist of the gist they'll like it."
"Hey everyone." She called out, putting her bag on the counter and heading over to Buffy and Giles.
"Hey Willow." Buffy called out, barely turning her attention from the conversation she was having with Giles, who simply gave a small nod and an inattentive, "Oh yes, Willow. Hello."
"New big bad?" She asked the pair who seemed far too engrossed in their conversation for any other possibility.
"Not really, but we could still use your help with that…other big bad we were researching." Buffy commented before going back to her conversation.
Turning to find Xander Willow's face lit up in a smile as he balled up a twinkie package and proceeded to save the day with his winning 3-point shot in the trashcan.
"And the crowd goes wild." Xander said while dancing around with his arms in the air. Looking up he saw the grin on Willow's face. "Oh. Hey Will." He said, shoving his hands into his pockets.
"Hey. Just the guy I wanted to see. I wanna tell you about this website project I'm working on, it's a-"
"As much as I would love to soak up any computer knowledge you care to impart, I've gotta run or I'm gonna be late for…a meeting. Some other time, okay?"
"Okay" Willow replied, a slightly dejected look coming on to her face. Since it was Sunday she figured the only meeting he could have today was with Cordelia. Trying to clear her mind of that thought, she sat down in front of the computer to see if anyone might have posted on her website yet. Seeing that there were no posts or members yet, she let out a sigh and wondered if this really was a good idea. Putting on her resolve face she decided to make this a success, even if she had to send out hundreds of emails and post to hundreds of message boards to get it going. She paused a moment, thinking briefly of the research that Giles was depending upon. Depending seemed to be an overstatement, Willow thought, as she glanced over at Giles and Buffy involved in their quiet conversation. Turning her attention back to the task at hand, Willow wondered what they might be discussing before her fingers hit the keys to begin her work.
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"Buffy, we have to figure out this prophecy. I've never heard of anything like it. The one person who unites all the slayers of the world. This is-"
"Hold up, there's more then one slayer?"
"Huh, oh uhm, yes. The… uhm…Council…uh…It's forbidden…You're not supposed to know about it. I wasn't supposed to say anything." Giles replied while rubbing the bridge of his nose. Sighing he looked at Buffy, his slayer, wondering how she was going to react. Taking a breath, he began explaining the truth behind the slayers. "There are slayers strategically placed throughout the world. Only they all think they're the only one. The Council deemed it necessary for the slayers so they wouldn't, slack off, so to speak. If you were to ask the Council, they would disavow any knowledge of the other slayers."
"So there are other slayers out there, who could help me here on the Hellmouth," Buffy stressed the word as she stood up. "And I don't know about them?" she finished, her voice raised with a mixture of agitation and surprise.
"Yes. Now lower your voice and sit down. You must not let Xander and Willow know yet. I shouldn't even have told you yet, but with this prophecy…" he let his sentence trail off. "You were not supposed to know until the time when the slayers were united. I doubt the council will let the watchers tell the other slayers, although if they did it could be a great help in finding out who the Immortal Slayer might be."
"Immortal Slayer?"
"Yes, the Immortal Slayer. She is the person who unites all the slayers of the world. I wonder who it might be?"