Title: Darcma

Author: Sha

Disclaimer: I do not own a thing(Although Darcma is kinda mine.
The name came from Darcy though.hehehe)

Notes: OK, this is strange, I know it. But, it was fun to write( and to read I hope). The idea came from a challenge from Cap but I used a different pairing then the one he said to use.

Rating: G, I do believe.PG just in case.

Feedback?: Ummm, as I said, I know this is strange, but go ahead, feedback me.(Be gentle)

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Hello, my name is Darcma, and I am a window ledge.

Yes, I realize how that sounds, but once, about four years ago ,a wiccan threw herself off of me and somehow brought me to life.

So to speak.

No, not with her spirit,with my own.Which is strange.This was my birth,but I knew things that I shouldn't have. So maybe,in a way, part of her is in my spirit.

But enough about that.That's not what I want to talk about. What I want to tell is strange all it's own.

So any way, as I stated before, it all started about four years ago.

One minute,nothing.The next...I feel the weight of a girl on me. Needless to say, it wigged me out.

Then, this soft,sad voice began talking and a peace came over me.

As she talked, wet drops began to fall on me.When her voice cracked and she let out a sob,I realized she was crying. She sat there for hours just talking and crying, until a deeper voice called out to her.

Her name was Buffy.

That's what he called out,Buffy. She sounded so beautiful, and he sounded so panicked and scared, that I knew she must be special. But, the deeper voice, whom she called Oz, called to her and she left me. It would be another couple weeks before I would be in her company again.

When she did come out and sit on me again, she sounded just as sad as the time before. I realized how narrow I was then and almost wished for this Oz to come back.Even if I *was* a bit jealous of him.

I listened to her talk and cry again.The same words as the last time- 'Why Willow? I love you and need you so much.Oh God,why?'

If I had a heart,it would have broke.

She sat there telling this Willow about the things that had happened to her,and things she had done. Like the test she aced and the demon that had almost killed her, but Oz had saved her. She told her friend that they had killed the demon that had hurt their Willow, and how they had all talked Oz into staying and forgiving himself.

The more she talked to her friend, the more I wished my spirit HAD been this Willow's.

The love she felt was easy to hear. And, somewhere deep inside, I felt an answering emotion.

A few hours later,the voice called to her again. This time,however,my Buffy called out to it and asked it to come sit with her.

After a pause, I felt the weight of another body.The one called Oz.

The two sat with little space between them,talking of Willow. And of others too.
But mostly Willow.Many tears fell that day.

Finally, as the heat of the light faded and the cool of the darkness came, they sighed,patted me, and left.

From then on, one or both would come and sit on me daily. I began to like it best when they both did.

Buffy sounded so different when Oz was there. Lighter,happier.

They decided to name me one day. They said they could almost feel a life in me and since they spent so much time on me, they should call me *something*.

Now, I knew my name was Darcma somehow, but I wanted them to also.

They came up with some doozies too. Fred, Arcame, Alpha, Gertrude. So, before they could call me something so ridiculous, I tried to "tell" one of them my name.

Oddly enough, it was Oz who got really silent and ,after a beat, turned to Buffy, telling her in a very stoic voice,"Buffy, I- this spot,our spot, is called Darcma."

Hearing the tome of his voice, Buffy knew that something had happened, so, with a smile in her voice, she said that it was very nice to meet me.

From that day on, they would say hello and goodbye to me. I felt so special.

Anyway, it would be a full year after my 'birth' that an event would take place that would change everyone.Me included.

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Sometimes, when the dark was taking it's turn, there would be a big full light that had a strange feel to it.

On those nights Buffy would tell this Willow that Oz was fine and being watched by one of the gang and she would have to leave soon to take her turn.She said that Oz liked it best when Buffy took the late watch.More things were bound to happen then.

I had no clue what she was talking about, but I soon would.

It started in the light. Buffy and Oz were sitting on me and talking.

Oz had a feeling something bad was going to happen, and he didn't like it. He said he couldn't be there, and he felt so scared.

He hadn't felt like this before and he begged her to stay with Giles or Xander.

She just told him that she would be careful,and that she would see him at the late shift.

I could tell that this made him very unhappy,but he never said another thing about it.

It would be later that I would understand what his concern was about.

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Buffy stayed in her room that early evening. She had a test coming and the others said they would patrol and take Oz duty.

I'm not sure what they meant,but I *am* just a window ledge.

Anyway, she left the window above me open, so I was able to hear everything going on inside.

I wasn't able to tell when it all began, but it started with a knock on her door.

She got up to open it and, when she did,she let out a hiss.She then spat out a name I didn't recognize,Dru.

Whom ever this Dru was, Buffy wasn't happy to see her. Once Dru started talking, I knew at once I didn't like her.Her voice gave me the creeps and she didn't make much sense.

Rambling on about a Miss Edith,stars and spikes.

Buffy just laughed and told her to hold on and she would get something for her problems.Something sharp and wooden.

That's when it turned bad.

I could hear this Dru person walk away and Buffy call out for her to stop.Then, I heard Dru come back,but this time it sounded as if she was dragging something with her.

Buffy cried out another name,Xander this time, and then asked Dru what it was she wanted.

Dru just laughed and told Buffy the stars wouldn't be quiet until Buffy was dead.

Dread, unlike any I had ever known, filled my spirit as I heard Buffy tell her to let Xander go and Buffy would invite her in. I heard a thump then Buffy telling Dru to come in and shut the door.

A lot of heated (and strange) words were exchanged, the sounds of a scuffle ensued, then, when things looked bad for Buffy,a roar like that of an animal filled the room.

Both girls screamed, the Xander boy made noises again and this terrible ripping noise of torture filled the air.It sounded as if someone was being ripped apart.

Why others near-by didn't come to check out the trouble going on, I'll never know, but at that moment, Xander yelled to Buffy to get the hell out, even if she had to use the window, and the beast let out a howl.It sounded almost dog like.

If all this wasn't odd to begin with,Buffy upped it into strangeness by yelling out, "No Oz, it's me Buffy."

The animal wined,then howled again and Buffy yelled at Xander to get into the closet.

I heard a scuffle,then a door slammed and I could hear Xander yelling as if he was farther away than before.

I believe he was in the closet by force,because along with his yelling,someone was kicking and banging on a door in desperation and a touch of rage.

Buffy tried everything from reasoning to throwing things at the animal before she finally climbed out onto me.

I sensed a reluctance on her part to defend herself to the death,so I began to wonder if some how this animal *was* Oz.

Then, a peace came over me and I felt someone near-by.Some one like me, in a way.

Buffy gasped, and a voice filled my senses. It told Buffy that she just had to hold on a few more seconds and Giles would be there with a dart gun. She said that Oz had come to save Buffy but now with all the blood coming from Buffy and his rage filled mind, he couldn't distinguish her from food.

A door busted open in the room, and the animal wined once more before a thump was heard again.

Giles ran over to the window and held his hand out to Buffy. She was in shock because she kept chanting,"Willow, Willow is here." That's when I realized the spirit had been Willow.She had wanted to reassure Buffy and let her know that she wasn't alone.

It worked.

Giles got Buffy back inside and inquired about the blood, asking if Oz had done it.

She said no, that Dru had managed to bite her and if it hadn't been for Oz, she would probably be dead. She told him what Willow had told her and they both reached out the window and said thank you to Willow.

They then let Xander out and the three said the had to get Oz back into the cage and then clean up the mess in Buffy's room.So they shut the window and left.

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The next day, Oz and Buffy came out onto me again and she told him the story of the night before. I learned Oz's secret that day, he was the animal. A werewolf in fact.

I can say it so blase now because time does that.Time can make anything sound like you think it's normal.Even when somewhere deep within, you know it's not. I also learned that Buffy is a slayer of demons and vampires and that Dru was a vampire.

I also heard that Oz had ate Dru that night and that the whole reason Dru had come was to get revenge for her lover. The same one who had done things unspeakable to Willow.

As I stated before, after this had happened, I was changed.We all were.

A year after that, Oz asked Buffy to marry him while sitting on me. She cried and accepted.

They married a year later.
I was there for the first time they made love,had a fight,and Buffy graduated.

Before they left her room that last time, they left me a present.

On the inside window sill they fixed a plaque. Just a small simple thing that states,
"When you need a friend, Darcma is a great listener. Please treat him well."

I miss those two with an ache that still hasn't faded.