Fic: The Slayer and the Witchlighter (3/7)
Title: The Slayer and the Witchlighter - Chapter 03 (Teenage Healer)
Author:
mirrored_illusions aka
3am_moonlight
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Charmed (TV)
Rating / Timeline: Teen & Up. / Post both shows.
Characters: Buffy Summers, Melinda Halliwell, minor Chris Halliwell, OFC (Pandora Halliwell), Faith Lehane.
WC: 10, 776 / Complete.
Disclaimer: BtVS belongs to Joss Whedon, Charmed is the property of whoever holds the copyright.
Other links: AO3 | FF | TtH
A/N 1: Not beta read. Sorry.
A/N 2: This was written for the 2016 Fic-A-Day Challenge over at TwistedShorts on LJ / TtHFanfic.org.
- I'm finally reposting this fic to DW and LJ; it only took two months! Oops?
Summary: Buffy meets her teenaged guardian angel.
“Melinda!” Buffy yelled up towards the sky. It was the first time she’d had to take advantage of having a guardian angel, but she had walked right into a group of three vampires who had decided to have a family of four as their dinner that night. Dusting the vamps had been easy enough, none of them had expected any real resistance, but both of the adults had been really badly hurt trying to defend their children and themselves. Especially the husband looked like he wouldn’t survive long enough for an ambulance to arrive.
Thankfully the children had gotten away with only a couple of scratches and the shock of finding out that there really are undead out there who drink the blood of the living. The additional shock of seeing their parents nearly beaten nearly to death probably hadn’t helped either, but it could’ve been so much worse.
The young woman in question arrived in her familiar orbs and upon quickly assessing the situation she promptly kneeled on the ground and put both of her hands over the critically injured man. The light glow immediately began to heal him as she moved her hands over first the most obviously damaged areas and then over the rest of his body as he woke up looking scared and confused. Then she repeated the procedure over the less critically wounded woman, before holding one hand over each of the children.
By the end of it all four of them were staring wide-eyed at the teenage girl who had just shown up out of nowhere and then begun healing all of their injuries, and then they switched over to the young twenty-something woman who had killed their attackers. They kept moving their eyes between the two while randomly looking at each other as if wordlessly trying to convince themselves that this had really happened.
“Are any of you hurt anywhere else?” Melinda’s voice broke the silence which had descended over them all.
“No.” Came the awed voice of the husband as he finally got up off of the ground and gave his wife a hand as well. The children had somehow managed to stay on their feet. “Thank you for whatever it was you just did to heal us. Thank you for saving us, both of you”. The first had been directed at Melinda while the second part had been aimed at Buffy.
“I’m Charles Dunham. This is my wife Catherine, and our children Frederick and Camilla.”
“I’m Melinda, and I’m a sort of guardian angel”. It was best to get that part out there fast so there would be less questions to answer as it usually negated all the how’s and why’s of how she could magically heal people. It also made it easier for her to get away. “That’s how I was able to heal all your injuries so you don’t have to go to the hospital and try to explain to them what happened to you”. She gave a friendly smile.
“And I’m Buffy. I fight vampires like the ones who just attacked you. And speaking of vamps; you really need to stay away from back alleys and other less crowded areas, especially after dark. It’s unlikely that you’ll get ambushed again, but please take precautions in the future anyways. Particularly if you’ve got your kids with you.” She gave them a chance to try and digest that before she continued.
“Can we walk you somewhere? It would make both of us feel better to know that you get safely to wherever you’re going”.
Catherine Dunham replied, “We only took this shortcut to get to the parking lot on the other side, but please walk with us the rest of the way”. She let go of her daughter's shoulders and took her hand instead. At the same time Mr. Dunham took their sons hand, and all of them walked out of the dark alley and over to the other side of the parking lot to the Dunham’s car. Because, of course, the car had to be as far away as possible.
There were more explanations on the way, with questions from both the adults and from the children as they had regained their voices and kept asking one question after the other. Apparently Frederick and Camilla had promptly decided that Buffy was Supergirl and Melinda was some kind of cartoon doctor that neither of them had ever heard of. However they eventually got the family into their car, politely declined the offer to be driven home citing that Melinda could simply orb them wherever they needed to go, and then they were home free.
Buffy tucked some of her errant hair behind an ear as she gave her Witchlighter a genuine smile. “Thank you for the quick rescue. I don’t think Mr. Dunham would’ve made it to the hospital if you hadn’t come”.
“You’re welcome. That’s one of the reasons I was assigned to you.” Melinda smiled at her only charge before she tried to hide a yawn behind her hand. Evidently the adrenaline kick she got from the emergency call was wearing off.
Buffy raised a perfectly manicured eyebrow. “Were you sleeping?” It was after midnight after all and normal people, especially teenagers, were supposed to be in bed, fast asleep. The obvious sleepwear was also a big clue, making Buffy secretly glad it had been so dark so the Dunham’s hadn’t been able to see their clothing clearly. Unlike Slayers who were naturally nocturnal so they would be at their best while their prey was out and about causing all kinds of trouble.
“Yes, but I’m supposed to be available to you at all hours so don’t worry about it”. Melinda tried to defend herself, a little worried that this might be a reason for Buffy to chose not to allow her to remain her guardian angel. Her trial month was up in six days, and she really, really wanted to continue. Getting to know Buffy had proven to be both fun and interesting, and it helped that Buffy had begun to unwind as well.
“Uh huh,” Buffy replied. “Right. Back to bed with you. I’m sure you have school tomorrow as well”. The slightly guilty look on the girl’s face was all the reply she needed.
Melinda relented, “Okay, okay. Stay safe and have a good night.” She was tired and her warm bed back home was extremely tempting. Besides, it wasn’t like anything would be decided tonight, and arguing about it would only make her sound like a petulant child.
“Goodnight”.
Melinda disappeared in the blue and white lights, and Buffy was left alone in the dark parking lot all by herself.
Author:
mirrored_illusions aka
3am_moonlight
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Charmed (TV)
Rating / Timeline: Teen & Up. / Post both shows.
Characters: Buffy Summers, Melinda Halliwell, minor Chris Halliwell, OFC (Pandora Halliwell), Faith Lehane.
WC: 10, 776 / Complete.
Disclaimer: BtVS belongs to Joss Whedon, Charmed is the property of whoever holds the copyright.
Other links: AO3 | FF | TtH
A/N 1: Not beta read. Sorry.
A/N 2: This was written for the 2016 Fic-A-Day Challenge over at TwistedShorts on LJ / TtHFanfic.org.
- I'm finally reposting this fic to DW and LJ; it only took two months! Oops?
Summary: Buffy meets her teenaged guardian angel.
“Melinda!” Buffy yelled up towards the sky. It was the first time she’d had to take advantage of having a guardian angel, but she had walked right into a group of three vampires who had decided to have a family of four as their dinner that night. Dusting the vamps had been easy enough, none of them had expected any real resistance, but both of the adults had been really badly hurt trying to defend their children and themselves. Especially the husband looked like he wouldn’t survive long enough for an ambulance to arrive.
Thankfully the children had gotten away with only a couple of scratches and the shock of finding out that there really are undead out there who drink the blood of the living. The additional shock of seeing their parents nearly beaten nearly to death probably hadn’t helped either, but it could’ve been so much worse.
The young woman in question arrived in her familiar orbs and upon quickly assessing the situation she promptly kneeled on the ground and put both of her hands over the critically injured man. The light glow immediately began to heal him as she moved her hands over first the most obviously damaged areas and then over the rest of his body as he woke up looking scared and confused. Then she repeated the procedure over the less critically wounded woman, before holding one hand over each of the children.
By the end of it all four of them were staring wide-eyed at the teenage girl who had just shown up out of nowhere and then begun healing all of their injuries, and then they switched over to the young twenty-something woman who had killed their attackers. They kept moving their eyes between the two while randomly looking at each other as if wordlessly trying to convince themselves that this had really happened.
“Are any of you hurt anywhere else?” Melinda’s voice broke the silence which had descended over them all.
“No.” Came the awed voice of the husband as he finally got up off of the ground and gave his wife a hand as well. The children had somehow managed to stay on their feet. “Thank you for whatever it was you just did to heal us. Thank you for saving us, both of you”. The first had been directed at Melinda while the second part had been aimed at Buffy.
“I’m Charles Dunham. This is my wife Catherine, and our children Frederick and Camilla.”
“I’m Melinda, and I’m a sort of guardian angel”. It was best to get that part out there fast so there would be less questions to answer as it usually negated all the how’s and why’s of how she could magically heal people. It also made it easier for her to get away. “That’s how I was able to heal all your injuries so you don’t have to go to the hospital and try to explain to them what happened to you”. She gave a friendly smile.
“And I’m Buffy. I fight vampires like the ones who just attacked you. And speaking of vamps; you really need to stay away from back alleys and other less crowded areas, especially after dark. It’s unlikely that you’ll get ambushed again, but please take precautions in the future anyways. Particularly if you’ve got your kids with you.” She gave them a chance to try and digest that before she continued.
“Can we walk you somewhere? It would make both of us feel better to know that you get safely to wherever you’re going”.
Catherine Dunham replied, “We only took this shortcut to get to the parking lot on the other side, but please walk with us the rest of the way”. She let go of her daughter's shoulders and took her hand instead. At the same time Mr. Dunham took their sons hand, and all of them walked out of the dark alley and over to the other side of the parking lot to the Dunham’s car. Because, of course, the car had to be as far away as possible.
There were more explanations on the way, with questions from both the adults and from the children as they had regained their voices and kept asking one question after the other. Apparently Frederick and Camilla had promptly decided that Buffy was Supergirl and Melinda was some kind of cartoon doctor that neither of them had ever heard of. However they eventually got the family into their car, politely declined the offer to be driven home citing that Melinda could simply orb them wherever they needed to go, and then they were home free.
Buffy tucked some of her errant hair behind an ear as she gave her Witchlighter a genuine smile. “Thank you for the quick rescue. I don’t think Mr. Dunham would’ve made it to the hospital if you hadn’t come”.
“You’re welcome. That’s one of the reasons I was assigned to you.” Melinda smiled at her only charge before she tried to hide a yawn behind her hand. Evidently the adrenaline kick she got from the emergency call was wearing off.
Buffy raised a perfectly manicured eyebrow. “Were you sleeping?” It was after midnight after all and normal people, especially teenagers, were supposed to be in bed, fast asleep. The obvious sleepwear was also a big clue, making Buffy secretly glad it had been so dark so the Dunham’s hadn’t been able to see their clothing clearly. Unlike Slayers who were naturally nocturnal so they would be at their best while their prey was out and about causing all kinds of trouble.
“Yes, but I’m supposed to be available to you at all hours so don’t worry about it”. Melinda tried to defend herself, a little worried that this might be a reason for Buffy to chose not to allow her to remain her guardian angel. Her trial month was up in six days, and she really, really wanted to continue. Getting to know Buffy had proven to be both fun and interesting, and it helped that Buffy had begun to unwind as well.
“Uh huh,” Buffy replied. “Right. Back to bed with you. I’m sure you have school tomorrow as well”. The slightly guilty look on the girl’s face was all the reply she needed.
Melinda relented, “Okay, okay. Stay safe and have a good night.” She was tired and her warm bed back home was extremely tempting. Besides, it wasn’t like anything would be decided tonight, and arguing about it would only make her sound like a petulant child.
“Goodnight”.
Melinda disappeared in the blue and white lights, and Buffy was left alone in the dark parking lot all by herself.