Title: Facing Adversity Pt.1/?
Author: Grace
Pairings: Oz/Buffy Oz/Faith
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Joss Whedon and co. I only own the
plot.
Story Summary: Buffy goes to Oz's to hide while in Faith's body and
finds that Oz has return to Sunnydale.
Author's Note: Yes, another body switching fan fic that resulted from
a chatroom I was in, when my friend
Amilia gave me this idea. I love her.
Feedback: Pretty please.
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I can't believe that I'm doing this.Faith is *so* going to get her's. One
way or another, I'm getting my body back from that tacky, slutty...
witch!
Thank God, Oz isn't here. Now, where did he hide that key? Ah, yes here it
is, she told herself taking the key out of the house plant.
Let's just hope that someone realizes that Faith is in my body. Faith
is such a slut. She's probably causing all sorts of havoc in my life.
Or god forbid my hair! Good thing that Oz left the key in a safe place for
me to find.
Now, lets open the door and see if he really left it all alone.
My God, someone's been living here. Willow lied to me. She told me no
one was living here. Man, I should get out of here.
Suddenly she felt something hit her in the back of the head. She turned
around and saw Oz standing there before another blow landed causing her to
pass out.
An hour later, she woke up to find that she had been tied up.
"Oz, I'm not here to kill you." Oz didn't look very convinced.
"Really, then why are you here Faith?" He asked, half ass scared.He
knew Slayers and ropes didn't always work together.
"I'm not Faith, Oz." She *really* had to find a way out of this mess.
"Yeah, and I'm Gandi, Faith." Giving her a look she was well used to, he
continued, "tell me another one. Like how sorry you are for all the people you
killed."
"Listen Oz, I'm Buffy. Faith switched our bodies. Now if I was
Faith, Oz, would I have let you sneak up behind me?" She always found herself
in these weird situations. It was really getting annoying.
"Maybe", he shrugged.
"Then ask me a question only Buffy would know." Buffy pleaded.
"Fine. What's my full name?" Oz asked her.
"Daniel Osburne, is your full name."
"Buffy, how did Faith do this?"
"She had some device that when we both touched it we
switched bodies. Then the bitch destroyed it."
"Buffy, we will get your body back." He said, crouching down. He brushed the
dark hair out of her eyes, looking at the gentleness and touch of terror he
definitely didn't assoiciate with Faith.
"You promise?"
"I promise, Buffy." He placed his hand on Faith's.
Part 2
"When did you get back in town, Oz?" Buffy asked as he was untying
her wrists.
"I got back a few days ago, Fai...er Buffy." Oz felt a little weird around
her. Inside the crazy Slayers body Buffy resided.His hero, his friend.
"This is really wiggin' me out, Oz. Faith is in my body probably causing all
sorts of havoc in my life." Faith would definitely pay for
stealing her body.
"Buffy,...while you are in Faith's body,the cops are looking
for you. There's no real safe place that you can go." Oz
warned her.
"I'm not going to sit here, Oz, while Faith has my body." Faith had
restacked the deck. She had the upper hand, but not for long.
"Buffy, you will get captured if..." He got cut off.
"Not if I'm careful." She smiled at him, and Oz backed away.
"Please don't do that, Buffy. We have to find a way to get you and
Faith to switch bodies again." He didn't feel confortable at all
with her being in Faith's body.
"She destroyed the device, I told you that."
Buffy frowned not liking where this was going.
"Well, we have to find out what type of device she used."
"Most definitely. Wait a minute, we could break into the campus
library after it closes."
"I like the idea, but this could take a very long time." Oz warned
Buffy/Faith. This was so confusing.
Pt.3
Faith felt like she had been handed a new life, literally.
She intended to make the most of it.
Buffy always made her feel inferior. Well Buffy was going
to pay for her crimes. Now she would know what it was like
to be her.
She had just made a big impression on Spike. Spike, now there
was a sexy vampire. Too bad, he had a blasted chip in his head.
Hmm, the things that they could do together.
No, that was bad. Buffy would never get involve with another
vampire after Angel. Now Riley was a different matter.
Riley looked like he didn't really know anything about Buffy's
past. Well she would fill him on Buffy's, now hers, past and tell
him all about Angel. Ruining Buffy's life was going to be fun.
She definitely was going to have some fun with Riley boy. He
definitely looked like he needed some TLC and she would give
"farm boy" one of the best nights he ever had.
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"So, what's it like being in Faith's body?" Oz asked her.
"Weird doesn't even begin to describe how I'm feeling, Oz." She
really hated being in Faith.
"Man, Buffy, I'm still trying to get use to you being in her
body. Of all the bodies to get stuck in." Oz still looked
confused.
"I feel dirty, Oz . Even though you gave me some
fresh clothes, it's like a part of her soul has been left."
"Let's get started then."
Oz and Buffy went to the Magic section, not realizing just how
enormous the section really was.
"We are never going to get through this in one night." She
felt discouraged till Oz spoke.
"Relax, we will get through this together." He smiled at her.
"I guess you're right." She felt better having Oz around.He
always did have a calming effect on her. His quiet ways and
mannerism in even the most horrible situations made her feel
more in control.
Pt.4
"Buffy, are you okay?" Riley asked her as she strolled into the
room.
"I'm fine, Riley. We don't have to worry about Faith. Faith was sent
to England." Faith threw him one of Buffy's bewitching smiles.
"Well then, I'm very glad." Riley kissed her.
"I think we need to spend some quality time together." She winked
at the blockhead. What did Buffy see in this guy anyway?
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"Buffy, what's wrong?" Oz looked concerned about her attitude. It
seemed like she was about to give up.
"I just feel frustrated. All we have found is useless spells about
growing gardens." She hoped that Faith would be discovered by the gang.
"We have to hope for the best. One way or another, we will find
a way to get your body back." Oz tried to reassure her.
"We should take a break." They had been at this three hours straight.
"Faith will never be you. She has no sense of honor and that
will be her downfall."
"Thanks." She smiled, grabbing his hand and just holding it.
Pt.5
Faith screamed as she felt Riley's arm around her.
"Buffy, what's wrong?" Riley asked her, looking concerned.
"This is meaningless." She all but screamed, wanting to get out of here.
"Tell me what's wrong, Buffy." Riley pleaded with her.
"I feel like Faith will find a way to destroy us." Faith just *knew* that
Buffy would come along and mess up all her plans.
"I will not let her hurt any of us. We can handle her. Together." He tried
to convince her with a smile.
"Riley, you have no idea how truly evil Faith is. She's dangerous,
and I don't want anything to happen to you. Faith has done a
lot of horrible things." Faith knew the reason Buffy liked this guy
was because he was like a little puppy dog. A little smile and a few pats...
"Buffy, I can see that this girl gets to you. Tell me what she has
done." Riley's curiousity got the better of him.
"Okay." She was going to make sure that Buffy didn't get to his
mind.
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"Buffy, was this the device, Faith used to switch bodies with
you?" Oz asked showing Buffy the picture.
"Yeah, that's it!"
"We have to get a witch to make us one of these devices." Oz muttered,
knowing seeing Willow would be hard.
"Oz, are you nervous about seeing Willow?"
"A little. We still have some issues to work out." He couldn't
lie to himself or Buffy for some weird reason.
"Oz, it's okay to feel that way. You haven't seen Willow
in a long time." She knew how Oz was feeling. When Angel left,
it was like someone created a void that would never be filled."
"Thanks, Buffy. We need Willow's help. And Giles too. " Oz ripped the pages
out and folded them and put them in his pocket.
Pt.6
"Faith killed a man and then she proceeded to place the blame on
me." She really liked how gullible farm boy was about his precious
Buffy.
"Buffy, I had no idea." Riley commented as she told him all about
herself.
"Then she betrayed us, Riley, by teaming up with the mayor. Faith
tried to sleep with my old boyfriend.Then attempted to
kill me." Faith put on a crying act, pretending to be the ever so
virtuous Buffy.
"Buffy, it's okay. I will not let her come near you again." Riley
hugged her tightly.
"You promise..." She sniffed, putting on quite a show for farm boy.
"I promise..." Riley then kissed her.
*** This is so great. I might actually be able to pull this off.
***, Faith thought to herself.
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"Buffy, you look nervous." Oz noticed that Buffy was fidgeting.
"Well you would be too Oz, if you were stuck in your worst enemies'
body.With cops looking for you and pyscho bitch in YOUR body loose
on the town with all your friends." Buffy muttered under her breath.
"Hey, don't worry. I'll talk some sense into Giles. The worst
he can do to us is kill us." Oz joked about their precarious
situation, before he knocked on Giles door.
Giles opened the door and was surprised that Oz was back, and with Faith in tow.
"Oz, what are you doing with her?" Giles arched his eyebrow up
skeptically.
"Giles, Faith and Buffy switched bodies." Oz told Giles.
"Yeah, and you believe her. Faith will do or say anything."
"Giles, if I was Faith, would I have left you unharmed." Buffy
pleaded with him.
"No, you wouldn't have. How did this happen?" Her old watcher
was scared of the havoc that Faith could wreck in Buffy's life.
"She had some sort of device.Oz has a picture." She
knew that they had to make a similar device.
"God, living on a hellmouth is like a day at the amusement park."
Oz commented, smiling sardonically.
Pt.7
"Faith will stop at to destroy my life, Riley. You can't believe
anything she tells you. It's all a pack of lies." She had to
make sure that Buffy wouldn't ruin her new life. She was having
WAY to much fun.
"She sounds like someone who will do anything to get what she
wants, damn the consequences." He held her tightly in his arms.
"What did I do to deserve you?" She loved being Buffy, there was no
way she was going to let Buffy get her body back.
"I'm the lucky one." Riley whispered into his ear, before they went back
into bed.
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"Faith could be anywhere! In another part of the country even." She
really wanted to kill Faith. After beating her senseless first.
"Buffy, relax. I doubt Faith would go to another part of
the country. She doesn't have any money." Oz tried to calm her down.
"Faith needs to be stopped. She can't hide who she is, a
psychopath." Giles commented.
"Well, we need to make a device to get my body back. Then I can
kick Faith's ass." Buffy wanted her body back, and some pay back
for being put through this ordeal.
"Now, we need supplies." Oz commented.
"Here's some money to get the things you need." Giles handed Oz
some money to buy magic supplies.
"Giles, shouldn't we call Willow." Buffy really wanted to see her
best friend. She needed a hug.
"Willow went out of town with a friend." Giles commented.
"I guess we are off to the magic store, then, Giles." Oz winked at
Buffy, and then they left.
PT. 8
"Well isn't this ironic, the magic store is closed." Buffy muttered
under her breath.
"Buffy, forgive me for doing this." Before Buffy had a chance to ask
what he needed forgiving for, Oz pressed his lips firmly to hers,
slipping his tongue inside and covered her body with his.
Moaning, Buffy enjoyed the kiss throughly. It was so intense, so *right*.
When he pulled away abruptly, she swallowed the dissapointment, asking,
"Oz, why did you do that?"
"There was a cop coming by, I couldn't take the chance on you getting
captured." He told her, unable to look her in the eyes. That kiss left him
more unstable then he was willing to admit right now. Besides, he knew it was
Buffy, but she was still wearing Faith's face.
"What do we do now?"This was just frustating.First Faith steals her body, then
she gets the best kiss in her life from a guy who acted like he could care
less.
"There's always the back door, if you can't go in through the front...." He
replied, eyebrow raised.
"I like the way you think, Daniel Osburne."
Part 9