The Next Sunrise

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My sire was a looney. No, she was a nutcase. Knew I was the slayer and turned me anyways. Bet she's happy, I'm not.

I was perfectly happy with the way things were. Before all of this.

She attacked me while I was down. Lamest trick in the book.

I got up, fought back, came out the loser. End of story.

The space was cramped and tight, leaving her no room to move. There was only an inch between her and the space. Sucking air into her lungs, a small amount of dirt escaped the cracks. The dirt got into her eyes, her mouth, and her nostrils making her sneeze. Her eyes watered and stung. Everything was closing in on her. The space becoming smaller and smaller.........

She heard dirt being scraped and reached up, pulling herself out. Both hands grabbed the sturdy ground as she crawled out of her confinement for the past 48 hours. Her only friend for 2 days.........

She became aware of two things. One, she wasn't breathing normally. Two, she didn't need to breathe. What is wrong with this picture and why is she suddenly so hungry? She needed some answers and there was only one place to go. Giles, he'll know what to do! He's research guy after all!

The hunger was intensifying as she ran for the Library. Her vampire senses usually buzzed like crazy, letting her know that one is nearby, but for some reason, it's not.

And that was just NOT normal.

Bursting through the doors, she didn't even let Giles get a word in.

"Giles, Giles, something is wrong with me!" "You've got to help me!!!!!!!"

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Giles was thrown by her rambling speech.

Giles: Er, do calm down Buffy and explain this slowly a- and rationally...............

"Giles, this is serious, there is DEFINATELY something wrong with me!"

"I'm not breathing right, I can't feel my pulse, and my heart just stopped! Please do something Giles!!!!!!!!!"

To say Giles freaked was an understatement.

WOT!!!!!!!!!?!!!!!!!!!!!

She winced at the initial reaction.

Giles: Buffy, do turn around and let me see your neck.

She complied and Giles fingered the two holes there.

"These aren't stab wounds Buffy. These are vampire bites. Buffy, you may need to sit down for this. I think you have been turned!"

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How stupid was I to call them stab wounds. I've seen vampire bites and what they looked like. So, why was I so shocked?

"Turned? TURNED.........!?!"

"Giles, I can't be turned. I was the slayer!!!!!!!!!!"

Giles: I am afraid it is true. You are a vampire. That is why you're acting precariously now. Have you fed Buffy........?

FEED...........?

"You're not serious are you?"

Giles: Buffy, at some point your demon will need to feed.

"NO!"

Giles: You're reaching a stage where you'll lose control if you don't!

Giles: Do I have to point that out!?!

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Buffy felt the sudden urge to pounce on the unsuspecting human. His heartbeat was pumping too loudly, pumping the warm and cold fluid down her throat.

Shaking out of her thoughts, she licked her suddenly dry lips, not noticing the tiny drool that had fallen down her chin.

"Buffy, you don't understand, you're at a stage where you'll eat anything in your path! Do YOU understand!?!"

Buffy shuddered at the thought of eating her friends. And eating Xander? Can you say, EWW!?!

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She needed to clamp down that impulse to feed. But OH, she wondered. Just wondered what it will taste like. FEEL like............. To have a tiny drop of his warm fresh blood slide down her throat...................

Buffy took another drag from her cigarette. If only she could have stopped herself. If only she would have listened to him..........

It was too little, too late. She allowed her full demon to take hold of her body and she jumped at Giles. The second she was on him, she aimed for his throat.

"Oh God, Giles! GILES!!!!!!!?!!!!!!!!!!............!!!!!!!!!!!!

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He was dead, she couldn't stop the bleeding, she couldn't spare him the hell she put him through. It was all because of a wild night. All because of HER...............

That DAY, her soul died with her watcher. She became darker and darker until she finally snapped in two. She fed with her soul, clearing the streets of crime. Making it easier for the citizens to sleep at night...................

It's a lonely existence. Without family, without friends.............. A stab right through the heart..........

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"Will pig's blood do...........?"

Buffy shrugged. Hey, it was life wasn't it...............?

She'll have to live on it for a while. Killing humans was a thing of the past. Time to move on. To do something good for a change.............

Months without seeing the sun rapidly changed her color. Her skin turned from a golden hue to a pale white. Almost like a marble statue.............

She smoked, drank; was a narcotic.

She became engrossed in literature and romantic novels.

Everything about her changed.

Nothing will be the same again.............