- Dream Weaver
Wonderful,what is your name? Well anyway I'll send you the first chapter in this email,the story is a total of 21 chapters.So this is the first chapter.Once you're finished translating it,please email me the complete translation in Italian to me personally as well as to your group.I felt best sending it to you in English since that is the original language and you'll have a much better feel as how to best translate it in Italian.Here is the first chapter:
Copyright 2003 All rights reserved
"Buffy the vampire slayer/Angel: Dream Weaver" by Alejandro Reyes, II Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters contained herein except those which I created to add to the story and most characters are the intellectual property of Joss Whedon, 20th Century Fox, WB, UPN, Sand Dollar Television, Mutant Enemy ,David Greenwalt as well as Kuzui Enterprises.
Prologue
I was at the Orange County Convention Center on International Drive across from the Peabody Hotel in Orlando. I sat hypnotized as I watched the legendary Spanish Soprano, Daniel Rodriguez sing, "Con Te Partiro". He sang with such eloquence and finesse as I sat there awestruck in admiration to his tune a feel of romance and freedom. After the opera concert ended I felt to travel, I had saved money so that I too would free myself from being in such a godforsaken place like Florida. The time came sooner than I anticipated, I decided to go to California but I wanted to avoid the hustle and bustle and crime that pretty much characterized California's big cities, so I looked into a map from an atlas and spotted the city of Sunnydale. It drew me like the gravitational pull of an invisible planet. I took out my pendulum and allowed it to hang and swing freely over the map which pointed directly to Sunnydale which further drew my yearning to go there not to mention my curiosity. I picked up the phone and booked a flight with an airline, Destination:Sunnydale.
Chapter 1:Travel Notes
It was an autumn night back in 1996. I was visiting Sunnydale for the first time ever in my life and unaware initially of it's dark secrets within. I was at the Bronze, where a German Band was playing that night in celebration of Oktoberfest. The band was playing the same familiar tune that was played in "National Lampoon's European Vacation", a movie I had seen ten years before.
The place was crowded with both young people who had nowhere else to go and some were quite frankly bored. I found it quite amusing with Barmaids dressed as German country girls carrying mugs overflowing with beer and froth. It was so reminiscent of my childhood years in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in America. After a meal of bratwurst, beer and sauerkraut, I paid my meal and decided it was time for me to start heading to the low budget hotel that I called home during my stay in Sunnydale.
As I began to go through the dark alley, I was approached by a young couple who asked me for the time. I briefly looked at my watch and said, "It's midnight, time to go to bed!" and a sinister voice retorted, "Time to die!". I looked and noticed that the couples faces were changed into bestial facial contortions, with sinister glowing yellow eyes and sharp fangs, hissing in a threatening manner. I was petrified unable to react to an all new awkward situation I never before encountered. Something that my years and training in the field of security never quite prepared me for.
I asked with a trembling voice as my teeth chattered, "W-w-w-what is it y- y-you g-g-g-guys want?". The male creature replied, "Your blood!". At that instant, they began to approach me when another voice broke the silence by asking, "Am I interrupting something?". The creatures and I turned to look at the source of the voice that asked the question. It was a young blond teenage girl accompanied by a young dark haired man and a girl with long red hair.
I immediately called out and begged the group of teenagers, "Call the police!", the blond girl replied, "No need" as she produced a wooden stake and turned to her companions and said, "Willow, Xander get this guy to safety" and Xander replied, "Don't worry Buffy we got you covered". At that, Buffy motioned towards the vampires as Willow and Xander made their way to me. Willow asked me, "Are you alright?". All I could manage to reply was, "I guess what's going on? What are those things?". Xander replied, "We'll explain later, our priority is to get you to safety, let's move!"
Buffy and the vampire couple started to fight as Buffy shouted, "Get him out of here!". I rushed with Willow and Xander. As I took flight, I looked back just in time for Buffy to drive her wooden stake into the vampire girls chest as the female vampire exploded into a cloud of dust. "Come on", Willow said. We eventually made our way into a waiting car that was parked just outside the Bronze. Here I was waiting in the backseat of car with two perfect strangers. At the wheel, was a much older gentleman with glasses.
Moments later, Buffy caught up with us and boarded the car on the front passenger side. Buffy said, "Let's get out of here!" and at that instant, the driver immediately sped off and we went. Buffy turned to ask me, "Did they hurt you?". I managed to reply, "They scared me, but otherwise I think I'll be fine, what were they?". "Vampires", the driver replied. "Vamp- what?, Whoa wait a minute you have to be kidding me! I thought vampires didn't exist".
Before long, we made our way to the driver's home. As we all got off, I started to ask questions given the odd circumstances that I found myself in. "Okay, before we do anything else, first who are you people?". "Buffy Summers", Buffy replied. "I'm the vampire slayer". "Rupert Giles", was the driver's reply, "I'm Buffy's watcher!". The red haired girl introduced herself, "I'm Willow Rosenberg". "Xander Harris", the young dark haired man introduced himself as. Each introduction was followed by a handshake. "Okay, I'm very grateful that you saved my life and introduced yourselves but right now I'm a bit confused as to this. First of all, the official line has been vampires don't exist and now that I see that obviously they do, what are they doing over here? This is California for crying out loud NOT Transylvania!"
Giles said," It so happens that we're on top of a hellmouth!". "A hell- what?", I replied. Buffy replied, "A hellmouth". I clarified, "You mean like a gate way to hell" and Buffy said, "Yes". I sighed, "So much for avoiding the drive by shootings of California's big cities only to land in a town of weirdos and vampires!". "Why me?", I asked myself. Willow asked, "Where are you staying at?". I replied, "At this cheap hotel at the other side of town!". Giles asked,"For how long were you planning to stay?". I replied, "A few weeks maybe less after all what happened". Giles said, "Why don't you save your money and spend the rest of your stay in my place, there's even food in the refrigerator to which you may help yourself".
Given the circumstances I was in, I knew it would be foolish for me to refuse such an offer. I asked Giles, "What kind of work do you do?" and Giles replied, "I work as a librarian at the Sunnydale High School". I asked as I looked at Buffy and her friends, "Is that were you go to school?". "Um-hmm!", Buffy replied as Willow and Xander nodded. The phone rang and Giles immediately answered, "Hello". "Oh Cordelia, Buffy and the gang are all here. We have a new guest in town". Giles momentarily covered the mouthpiece and asked my name.
"What's your name?", Buffy reasked for Giles. "My name is Alejandro Reyes,II but everyone calls me Reyes except my family", I replied with pride and Giles repeated it to Cordelia over the phone. Moments later, a sultry brunette appears on Giles' doorstep accompanied by a broody dark- haired man dressed in black. Giles invites them both to come in. Buffy introduced them to me, "Reyes, this is Cordelia Chase and Angel". Cordelia shook my hand and said, "Glad to meet you". "Glad to be of your acquaintance", I replied. Angel just looked at me and I stretched forth my hand. He looked at me, looked at my hand and then looked at me again as if wondering whether or not to shake my hand.
He slowly stretched forth his hand and gave me a death grip that made me wince. I even checked my hand to see if he had left any blood blisters. There was something about Angel that made me feel uneasy, something about him I just didn't like about. I had this deep instinct not to trust him. Giles looked at his watch and said, "Oh my, it's one thirty in the morning, good thing it's early Saturday and we don't have to worry over school 'til Monday". So Giles treated everyone to tea and crumpets. I asked Giles if I could call my family in Florida and he gave me his permission. I took out my calling card and called my mother and sister in Central Florida asking my sister how my niece was doing and then called my father in South Florida to see how things were going back at home.
After I finished checking up on my family back home since I felt my family had a right to know how I was doing. They were notified of the incident but I told them that they were muggers who tried to attack me, since my family didn't believe in vampires any more than most anyone did anyway. I notified Giles that I may eventually have company of my own. My father would be on his way shortly due to my mom's pressure on him, not to mention my sister was worried as well.
My new friends reacted with enthusiasm and seemed delighted at looking forward to meeting to meeting my father since the rest of my family couldn't come to Sunnydale. By the time, the evening was finished into the twilight hours, it was three o'clock in the morning and by then I had grown weary and tired. Giles brought down a pillow and a sleeping bag while everyone told each other good night. I fell asleep before long on the sofa while Giles retired upstairs for the night, everybody else went home and we would meet again later or shall I say the next day.