Vampire Hunter D Fan Fiction ❯ From the Darkness into the Light ❯ The change ( Chapter 2 )

Title: From the Darkness into the Light 2/?

Author: Dark Topaz

Email: Ruthc811@charter.net

Rating: R (just to be safe)

Pairing: D/Willow

Genre: VHD/ BtVS

Disclaimer: anyone familiar I don't own; I am unfamiliar with the history of the VHD universe so I made one up

Feedback: Yes please

Summary: At the showdown with Glory while they lost a slayer they gained a hunter and more.

Author's Note: Takes place during Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, and Tara and Willow didn't start dating. Here is a site that has some photos and info on characters from VHD - http://www.vampirehunterdbloodlust.com/#, and here is some better photos for the curious - http://aimeemajor.com/images/screenshots/vhd/#carmila.

Part Two

`D. What an odd name,' Willow thought, just as an orb of light came shooting out of the last portal, hitting her in the chest. There was a bright flash of light that temporarily blinded her, and when the light faded and Willow regained her eyesight, she found herself in the middle of a dense forest. "What the hell?" she whispered as she watched the rain fall heavily on her arms and legs. "Where am I?" she asked as she watched lightning light up the darkening sky.

"This is where I died," a voice said behind her. Willow turned to see a giant tree behind her.

"Who's there?" Willow asked.

"Look up, honey," the voice said.

"By the Goddess!" Willow gasped as the looked up into the face of a woman who appeared to be merged with the tree. She had a large knife stuck in her forehead. "Is that how you die?" Willow asked as she pointed to the knife.

"What, this little thing? Nah, the thing that got me was the lightning bolt that struck this tree. But that is not why you here, dear," the woman said. "When you sent your plea to the goddess, you asked for the power to defend your friends and home right?"

"Yes," Willow answered warily.

"As I was dying, I swore that I would give anything for a chance to live again. Your goddess offered me choice: either I could pass on and pay for my sins in hell, or I could give up my powers and be reborn as a servant for the Powers That Be. I chose to be reborn, but this all hinges on whether you will accept my powers and be a vessel for my soul, until the time comes for me to be reborn," the woman said.

"Okay," Willow said slowly still trying to process what was going on.

"Great, see you in nine months. Oh, and tell Mashira that Caroline says hello," she said as Willow was once again blinded by a bright burst of light.

~*~

D was unprepared for the chaos that awaited him on the other side of the portal. He quickly scanned the fenced-in area where the fighting seemed to be centered.

"D, where are we?" a gravely voice originating from his left hand asked. D paid it no mind as he pulled sharply on the reins of his horse to avoid Meir Link's carriage as it came barreling out of another portal. As his horse reared back, his eyes meet hers. She stood at 5'6", with shoulder-length red hair and green eyes.

"Willow," he whispered. "No!" he shouted, as he watched a ball of light hit her in the chest, enveloping her in a blinding cocoon of light that hovered five feet off the ground. D rushed over to Willow's cocoon and squinted, trying to see what was happening inside.

"D, that's a merging spell!" his hand cried out. "What are you doing near a merging spell?"

"She is inside it," D replied, as he watched a ghostly image of Caroline sink into the cocoon. A few seconds later the cocoon exploded, flinging anything near it away, and attracting the attention of everyone in the yard--including Buffy, Spike, Glory, and Doc. Willow stayed suspended above the ground for a while giving, everyone a good opportunity to see the changes that had occurred. Her hair now went down to her knees and had to gold streaks running from her temples, and her eyes were now ringed with a light blue.

"I think I am in love," D's hand said as it took in Willow's change of clothes.

"Shit, it's Vampire Willow with more cleavage!" Xander yelled.

~*~

[Author's Note] Sorry for the short chapter, but I need a refresher as to what happened during season five finale.