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TITLE: I stand alone
AUTHOR: Rainie
EMAIL: rainee_sl@yahoo.com.au
DISCLAIMER: Joss, not I.
DISTRIBUTION: Let me know where it's going
RATING: M
PART: 1/1
FEEDBACK: Yes please!!!



I stand alone

I see them - almost bump into them on a nightly base.
And I wonder how she was, the legendary Buffy Anne Summers.

I came across her tomb, accidentally.
Almost happened to stake the white-haired vampire in the process. 
Dunno, who's been more surprised; me, because of him being on of the 
evil undead; or him, because I let him get away.
Why wouldn't I? After all, I'd watched him backing up my 
predecessor's group of friends for weeks.
And if they trusted him...

Sometimes I wish I had friends like them.
But at the same time I know it's never gonna be anything but a wish.

I am the slayer.
No longer Leslie Garrett, slayer candidate.
But Leslie the Vampire Slayer!

I don't know, if he told them about the "new kid".
But sometimes, when the battle they so willingly jump into, almost 
seem lost, I can feel their eyes searching the place.

Looking for me.
Looking for the slayer.

Not that it has ever been necessary for me to make my presence known. 
They are good, amazingly well coordinated and trained.

I envy her.
Life and death.
I never asked to become a slayer - the slayer - and it's nothing I'm 
particularly proud of, or happy with.

But it's the only life I know.
No family.
No friends.
Just watcher and slayer.
Just Tamlin and Leslie.

I can't believe it's been six months since I've been called.
Six months since I first set foot on Sunnydale.

Tamlin is happy with me.
Happy with the way I keep the vampire population low and under 
control.

Me?
I'm happy to be alive.
I'm happy to make it through the coming night.

And I'm tired.
My strength seems to wear down.
And I know it's gonna end soon.
But until then - I am the slayer.

And I stand alone!


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EMAIL: rainee_sl@yahoo.com.au